an abundance of abandoned stuff

Abandoned II

Way back on a gravel road we are hiking down Ohio Creek Road and discover this building surrounded by some barbed wire. Turns out this is a very old abandon school house is the process of being restored. Notice the three door outhouse in the background. Must have been a special school with an outhouse that size. Turns out the restorer has run out of money and the building sits empty. We ask a neighbor and he says he thinks the school building is from the 1930's. Guess what the neighbor has lots and lots of abandoned schtuff.

A series

Since I am not going to be able to take advantage of the photography course I was going to take this summer I'm thinking of doing a few series of photos.


Going to take my assignments that have been studied on the photo school tutorials. I'll try to do four photos a month that would make it one a week with time for me to download the photo.

First subject assignment to be Abandoned = a⋅ban⋅doned   /əˈbændənd/ [uh-ban-duhnd] –adjective 1. forsaken or deserted: an abandoned building; an abandoned kitten. 2. unrestrained or uncontrolled; uninhibited: They danced with abandoned enthusiasm. 3. utterly lacking in moral restraints; shameless; wicked: an abandoned and dissolute ruler.

Now I gotta squeeze out four photos in a short time................that's OK cause I really need some practice other than beautiful vistas I've been shooting. So y'all might be seeing some funky shots but I'll be sure to follow with explanations.

straight out of the camera shot...........as you can see the colors are just weird

First up..............when we were in Bisbee Arizona a few months ago while driving out of town we went by the Lavender Open Pit Copper Mine. Got out of the truck and discovered the whole area was surrounded by a very high fence, so I stuck my lens thru a small hole in the fence and took the shot of this abandoned mine. Actually I'm not so sure it's going to be abandoned for long, word is they could start up production again. Must go read up on that cause this mine has a bit of sentiment to it for me and Mr Doodles, almost 39 years ago we were married over looking that mine.

So starting out with a photo of this abandoned Lavender Open Pit Copper Mine is a bit nostalgic.

stay tuna'd

A different look out a window

We were invited to go inside a Rangers living quarters when we visited the Petrified Forest in Northern Arizona. This window surely caught my eye. Yes he is able to close the window with shutters. Spectacular huh?

Now blooming

on the front slope of the Rockies in southern area of Colorado

Hey

are we gonna stop soon...................I gotta go!!!

Saint in bronze

First American Indian Saint Kateri Tekawitha. This stunning piece stands on the steps of The Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe New Mexico.

wooden window

pretty in purple

sweet eyes

blowin in the wind

Yucca in bloom

above from google image

dried blooms

this variation is also called a soaptree yucca cause the roots were used to make soap.

Saturday Sunset

Youngster of the herd

A couple weeks back we found this area that had some wild horses. We went back to the very same area and when we drove in we didn't see any of the mustangs BUT on the way out we got quite a surprise.

Can ya see him???

there he is.............look at those spindly little legs

OK gotta go now

Late 1800's maybe

This is just a stunning window that we noticed while walking the streets of Bisbee, AZ. The building was nothing special but you could tell the stone was well kept. Sure wish we could have found out the history of this window. I do know that the olde man selling papers down the street told me "Mam all I know is it's older than me and I have lived here all but three years of my life". We went over to the historical society office but it was closed. So I may never know............but I love it no matter the age.

are made for walking

these boots

Gnarly

Not a Ford

but a beautiful wild mustang

little color on the desert trail