Pipe Shadow

A rainwater drain pipe casts a long shadow at high noon.

Rusty Grid

Rusted window on a school door. Looks more like a prison though.

Patina Gate

The ubiquitous pale turquois metal guarding the public transit system in Portland.

Green Door

A forgotten door to a forgotten building.

Hatch Lumber

All that's left of an abandoned lumber yard.

Yellow Pole

A colorful triad of poles from a swingset at Grant Park in Portland. If you've ever read Beverly Cleary's children's books about Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins, you'll recognize Grant Park as just one of the real life landmarks from Portland that she includes in her fiction. My wife writes about our visit here.

Link

Just a rusty chain.

1-2-3

Numbers decorate a favorite playground.

167

Detail from a fire hydrant down by our Community Center.

Chipped and Cracked

Layers of weathered paint add character to the old train depot in Bryan, Ohio.

Speaker Dots

A rusty speaker box along the train line that I ride to work every day.

Gas Pump

More farm footage. Gotta fuel that machinery somehow. (And you thought gas prices were high for YOUR car!)

Hooked

Just a couple of chains lying around on the farm.

Rusty Jumper

Rims

Racks of rims at the junkyard.

Rusty Blue

A tired old delivery van rusts away in the junkyard.

Cascading Tires

Old tires never die, they just take the road less traveled.

Rustic Shed with Ivy

Found this rustic shed on the way to the park the other day.

Warehouse

Something about the repetition in this practical architecture caught my eye. This building sits just a block from us, but I never noticed this side of it until last week.

Unchained Melody

Chain and pole at an abandoned silo.

Too Late

So did they put the sign up BEFORE or AFTER this happened?

112

Painted Padlock

Gas

Just an oddity on the sidewalk on Toy Street.

Hole in the Wall

Pretend I said something deep about this ladder. Or the hole in the wall. I'm sure it's a metaphor for something...

Rusty Latch

Wooden green door from the old train depot in our town. One of those places you wish someone would restore and turn into a museum, ice cream shop, or something.

Open

Can't believe I let almost a week slip by without posting. Been gone and pretty busy with the July 4th holiday. Back in business again. This shot is from Toy Street by Ohio Art.