Showing posts with label sun sparkle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sun sparkle. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Skylights


This amazing building is now leveled.  Where it once stood one can see rows of houses set close together.  They are high-end homes, each selling for around $400,000.  I can't even imagine that much money.

What a shame.  And now, just across the street a large area of the old forest along the canyon where Oregon's endangered native frog and native salamanders once lived, has also been leveled.  Their habitat has been destroyed.

The folks who bought the land are building a mansion and are putting in a filbert orchard.  It is a crying shame--I was sure the land they bought was a green way which could not be touched.  Mom says the frogs are gone.  All gone.

They were abandoned.

I will post pictures when I can get them.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Crack in the Clouds -SkyWatch Friday


The sun was so bright that day, I could hardly take the picture.  You can see a tiny bit of rainbow where the sun peeks through the crack in the clouds. 

If you love clouds as much as I do--join SkyWatch Friday to see all the amazing things to be found by looking up.  Have a lovely day and Happy SkyWatch Friday!

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Mysterious Forest -Guest Heart Thursday


I took this photo last spring.  Though buildings of The Abandoned are gone, there is still the forest of my childhood.  It is a small, mysterious pocket of wild wood, which seems filled with ancient enchantments.  If one listens close enough, one might hear the laughter of children and the song of faeries.

If you look closely, there are hearts hidden everywhere.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.



Thursday, January 2, 2014

Magical Forest Tree Heart -Guest Heart Thursday


Last summer I took this picture of the sun sparkling through the trees.  If you look below the sunsparkle, you can see there are several places where the sky comes through the leaves of the forest to form hearts.  It is such a beautiful, magical place.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Secret Life of Cats -Guest Heart Thursday


Across the street from where The Abandoned once stood, there is a most amazing hazelnut tree which grows over the sidewalk of the house in which we grew up.  I thought it quite appropriate to have caught this lovely sun sparkle heart next to the Ginsue the Cat.


He loves Mom best, and often feels he is the king of the house.


As you can see--he's quite curious...


And mysterious...


And goofy...


After a quick perusal of his kingdom and a scattering of claw...


I guess he'd had enough of the human and her camera and decided to leave his perch in the hazelnut tree.  

Have a lovely day!

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Sparkle Heart -Guest Heart Thursday


Can you see the heart in sparkle of the sun?  I love old trees, especially those found in the forests surrounding The Abandoned.  This area is unique in its rare wild beauty.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.
 


WARNING: If you visit The Abandoned without permission, you risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Skylight Glass Heart -Guest Heart Thursday


The last time Sissy and I walked through The Abandoned, I took this wonderful photo of the sun splashing through a piece of broken glass in the skylight.

If you look closely you can find hearts all over in the shattered glass.  I find it amazing, that in the wake of vandalism, there is still beauty to be seen.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday!
 



WARNING: You shouldn't visit The Abandoned without permission from the owner or caretaker. If you do, you risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Lamps in Yonder Skylight

 

This view is from the corner window in the office area upstairs.  I love these lights.  There is something so whimsical and symmetrical about them.


Here the sun sparkles through a piece of broken glass in the skylights above.  Beauty from brokenness.


An odd angle caught from an upstairs window.  I liked the way the angles looked in this photograph.


Down in the pillared depths below.  The shadow people once walked here.

It has been many weeks since I've walked through The Abandoned.  This summer has been a heavy one.  I hope to be online a bit more now that there's a light at the end of the tunnel...sort of like this picture here.


WARNING: You shouldn't visit The Abandoned without permission from the owner or caretaker. If you do, you risk getting arrested for trespassing.