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The unstoppable force of nature as trees reclaim an abandoned truck, nestled in the heart of a forgotten city.
An old, long abandoned grain elevator is slowly blending into its surroundings in tiny Baileyville, IL.
The wreckage of the Admiral Von Tromp in Saltwick Bay at sunset. Not much more than a tangle of twisted metal now as nature slowly removes it from the shoreline.
We don't use ant chemicals. Not to get rid of bugs, weeds, or to fertilize. Nature is in charge, which is where I find most of my nature photos. Dragonflies eat everything they can, cutting down the mosquito population. Birds of all kinds nest and spend the season here. They too eat all they want. And then there's the trees. Magnificent trees, providers to all. I let them have the run of the yard spring to Autumn. When cold sets in, I trim everything back, getting ready for it all to happen again,
Stumbled across this downed tree on a short hike. I thought hey that's brown, Might work for Flickr Friday theme.
The morning sunlight envelopes the window of an old abandoned barn along the San Mateo County coastline. The absence of people has worked to the advantage of the wild blackberry, who has taken root within the dry rot and detritus of the old window pane.
San Mateo County Coast CA
I always approach these abandoned old homesteads with a bit of caution. Despite the dilapidation, the sign of nature happily reclaiming its territory usually fills me with joy--but then there's those guys with shotguns. You never know who might still be living there.
Grass Valley, CA
Back in 19something-something I visited the Redwoods with my childhood best friend Jeff, and thought they looked much like I do - massive, fat, and slightly furry. Flash forward to this spring, and I returned with Ryan Dyar to see what they looked like for the first time. The cool thing about having a crappy memory is everything that you've already seen becomes brand new again after a few short years.
They are incredible. Wonderful, majestic, and humbling in their difficulty to shoot. Ryan's patient tutelage paid off and the longer we spent in the trees, the more I started to make sense of the chaos. The Rhodies were anemic and the fog was non-existant, so the classic scene was a bust, but it was a terrific experience anyway. Eventually I will post another shot that I have from this area with the story behind the story, but I'm not really feeling it today.
This image is dedicated to Captain Doug Lampe and First Officer Matthew Bell who perished when their UPS 747 caught fire and made control of the airplane impossible on their way from Dubai to Cologne. Waiting in Cologne for that airplane was a good friend of mine, who was to fly it on it's next leg to Hong Kong. Sometimes, this airline business sucks.
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