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Dog life can be harsh in agrar Poland. Those not living on chains or in pens are usually freeroaming which leads to high death rate on badly regulated roads. Hard to say what happened to the one I’ve met today during my hike… I can just hope it’s life was better than the most.
This old abandonded International farm truck seems eager to go back to work again.
Near Dufur in Central Oregon
Another shot taken around Strelley Village, I found the colour of the bucket and the shininess of the chain contrast the decayed look of the gate.
This is an early spring closeup shot of an old abandoned farm house.
I've taken it's photo before, and i could'nt resist checking it out again. My first pic. was over 20 yrs. ago.
....I see the roof is decaying, and has several holes in it now.
Central Oregon.
I pulled this b&w from my files.
I've shown this old abandoned homestead several times before, but always in color.
Near The Dalles, Or.
45.541738, -121.024056
This morning the palm tree lost a palm.
Sneek attack of autumn in tropical zone ; ) '[ bigger better ]
Carte de visite by an unidentified photographer. The phrase "blossom and decay" occurs frequently in English language writings. The earliest mention on Google Books is Lord Byron's poem "On Man," published in The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature, Volume II, 1818. The relevant stanza:
And is life but a fleeting shade?
And man but like an autumn day?
Man, that's so fair, so wondrous made,
Born but to blossom and decay?
This circa 1860s albumen print of a lithograph visualizes "blossom and decay" as a bit of Victorian popular culture in the form of an optical illusion. You may visualize a young man and woman courting against the backdrop of an archway—or a skull.
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