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Created for the WPC competition #145 - Fixer-upper.
HDR done in Serif Photo PlusX3.
With thanks to certifiedsu for the original image.
Thanks also to:
= Michael Bird TX for the gypsy dancer
= Walraven and Marfis75 for the seagulls
= Pareeerica for the vintage texture.
Flowers on roof, mine.
Brush by www.obsidiandawn.com
Taken on June 1, 2004 somewhere on Highway 40 in Argentina's San Juan province.
I can't really say much about this train station for a couple reasons. First of all, many of my other pictures of this station died due to some file error on my camera's card. Second, Argentina has a long and sordid history involving rail travel that I don't remember much of anymore (although I did in 1996 thanks to Carlos Calierno's wonderful "The Latinamericanizacion of Argentina" course at UCSC!).
With my memories of this station and the surrounding area, I can't tell whether this was supposed to be a passenger station or some kind of freight station. I don't remember it being near any kind of civilization besides the road it was on. So if passengers were supposed to get off here, I don't know where they would go or bother coming from. If this was supposed to be a freight station, I would have expected to see more heavy platforms for big trucks and such. Maybe it was a fuel station? Train buffs probably have an immediate answer.
Anyway, what was there was a dry, filled up well; several ruined buildings; and tracks with several gaps in them. Since it was by the road, there was some graffiti, but not much. More of it in some buildings than in others. Some of the buildings were more suited for dump-takings, so you would find some dark corners with toilet paper and dry turds. This station still functioned as a depot for turds, I suppose.
Apart from the signs of its infrequently utilized contemporary role, the site was beautiful. It was in an area of stunning desert beauty that often beat the 395 in California. There weren't any people around and it was an amazing set of buildings to safely explore.
My cousin Fernando and I were regularly shocked by the beauty of Highway 40's scenery on our short tour of it. Frustrated as well, because every 10 minutes there was something worth stopping the car for. Unfortunately, my underpowered 1979 Renault 12 (retrofitted with a gigantic CNG tank) took about 10 minutes to get up to highway speeds.
I must also mention that Highway 40 runs along the East side of the Andes from the very top of Argentina to the very bottom. So you've got a beautiful road along a colossal mountain range in a lovely, charming country (with a favorable exchange rate!) filled with gorgeous people that is about about as far North to South as the United States is wide. Arrange a trip now.
Old Town
Eureka, California
But there really are several victorian homes all over this city and the surrounding towns and countryside. It's enticing at first to see what amazing bargains for historic charming homes there are here (>90% discount compared to San Francisco!), but when you factor in any needed maintenance or restoration, even a "cosmetic fixer" is costlier than many more architecturally ordinary structural basket-case fixers.
You can't tell from either angle I photographed, but there are 20 units in here (or at least there were 20 units 20 years ago, but maybe a recent remodel combined some of the smaller ones), including some really weird studios that weren't totally unlike a barely-big-enough-for-a-human version of where Tom Kitten tumbled onto Samuel Whiskers' bed in the Tale of the Roly-Poly Dumpling. Most of the units aren't visible from these angles which obscure the additions and lean-to structures in the back. The cheapest units back then were $150/month. I wonder what they'd fetch today.
One of only a small handful of houses in the Wildwood neighborhood that doesn't beam with pride of ownership. Amazingly, it's still lived in.
During our travels we see lots of broken down cars, houses and farm implements but never take pictures of them. This week when the challenge is broken down we are in one place and this is just about the only one we have seen. Ah well. It is actually an old farmhouse I think, near Snowmass village in Colorado.
Willamina, Oregon, is a rather dreary town, but I was excited to see the Ford Falcon parked in the old six-plex apartments (a former motel?) behind this weary old home on the main street.
Bodega, California. Probably available real cheap - although I didn't see a realtor's sign... (shot from inside the car - husband had lost patience with photo-stops by then...)
Near Bodega Bay, famous for Hitchcock's thriller "The Birds"
Mikey! You didn't tell us you had found the perfect (free) place to open your photography business. This looks like a great little fixer upper. I think the wind must have blown your business sign loose. You may want to straighten that a little.
Congrats on your new place! I'm sure you will have lots of business!
If you aren't familiar with Mike Jones (lucky you).....you can see his crappy photos here.
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Most days, the guys have to concentrate their efforts on bringing home the bacon doing oil changes, brakes, batteries, and making road side service calls.
One of these days, they'll get around to turning this beater back into a classic.
Johnny Lightning:
1955 Chrysler C300
Street Freaks
Project in Progress
Release 21
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Vintage Texaco Station
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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1. Heather Bailey's studio, 2. Modern Girl Style Dream Space, 3. making life easier, 4. The Posie studio, repainted and reorganized at last!, 5. potterybarn, 6. Sugar*Sugar Studio, 7. do you like??, 8. Pottery Barn craft room, 9. WIP: new studio, 10. Craft Rooms : Tofu Studio, 11. My studio, 12. shelf/suit cases, 13. When I have an Art Attack, 14. ateliê dos sonhos, 15. My desk and work area., 16. zarahome3, 17. The Posie studio, repainted and reorganized at last!, 18. pottery barn
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Sacramento, California
Just a few blocks from one of those "WE BUY UGLY HOUSES" billboards with the caveman.
It might need a roof (OK, it NEEDS a roof!) and a few interior appointments like furniture and plumbing but the landscaping is fine as-is and the location... well, the location is superb!
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Fall Break 2014: "Turtles & Lava"
October 27: Big Island west side: time to look for the turtle.
Have you ever lost files? I've done it once or twice, it always sucks. this was one of about 35 images that I thought I lost. My friend Scott and I stumbled on this place before one of our Packard expeditions., had a lot of rusted out beauties.
"Lovely home, historical architecture, secluded lot, needs TLC, priced to sell....oh, don't believe those silly stories you hear about noises coming from inside the house! No one's lived here for years!"
Although now faded and weathered, this once fine house may have been a duplex or was reconfigured as one after it was built. Given the design, the fine stone work, and different materials cladding the walls, it is surely an architect designed house. The original porch is sadly missing but its loss seems more recent so perhaps older photos exist showing what it once looked like. A look at "before & after" photos of other since restored houses in the District suggest this house has promise. The challenge is to find someone willing to take on this house and bring it back to its original appearance. Preservation opportunities are abundant in Muncie with bargain prices to match for fixer-uppers.