Red Leaf Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

Our last trip to The Abandoned was just as Fall ended and Winter began.  Fall's heart lay upon the mossy ground.  Such a lovely contrast of colors--so very perfect for Christmas and for Guest Heart Thursday.

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

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Past and Future - Weekend Reflections

There is something so warm and friendly about home.  This is home to me.  Our home is over 100 years old. I often reflect upon the woman who once cooked there over a wood stove--the one still outside our kitchen door.  I think about the bread she baked, rolling it out over the green marbled surface I now use as my desk top.  The aroma of baking bread would have filled the entire neighborhood.  I wonder what Christmas was like here, over a century before I arrived.

Reflections of past and the future interlaced here in my home.

When I walk through The Abandoned, the contrast between home and this place strikes me.  Emptiness reigns in the present.  One wonders about its past--and what the future will hold.

For more wonderful reflections from around the world, be sure to visit James at Weekend Reflections.

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Bursting Green Hearts - Guest Heart Thursday

I found these beauties across the street from The Abandoned, where the magic still lingers from my childhood.  These dainty leaves are lovingly tended by our darling Mumsie.  She has a way with plants.  I think they like the way she talks to them.  How she lovingly tamps the earth snug against their roots.  But beware should the stray weed grow there--unless it is pretty.  Then perhaps Mum will let it stay awhile!

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

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Heart Within Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

Last weekend, Sissy and I went for one of our walks through The Abandoned.  Of course, Sissy saw this one first.  This heart of wood was a Heart Within Hearts.  Like Sissy and me.  Our hearts are inextricably intertwined.  Her heart within mine and my heart within hers.

On this Thanksgiving Day, I thank God for my sisters and brothers--for our parents, our grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles.  My life would not be what it is without each and every one of them.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Mountain Reflections - Weekend Reflections

Sissy and I took a walk through The Abandoned after it had rained hard for a few days.  Pools of reflecting waters lay everywhere.  Both of us gasped as we rounded the corner.

Mounds of discarded carpet laid mountain reflections in the edgy quiet of still lake waters.

Only we stood in the mystery of The Abandoned.

For more wonderful reflections from around the world, be sure to visit James at Weekend Reflections.

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Heart on a Rail - Guest Heart Thursday

The Abandoned has many pathways, some cleared, some not.  One of my favorite places to walk is a forgotten foot path where a rustic wooden bridge crosses the old waterway.  It leads to the strawberry trees just beyond. It is a truly magical and lovely place.  I don't know of anywhere else where strawberry trees grow.


As Sissy and I walked that lonely path, I found this green mossy Heart on a Rail.
 
For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday!

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Mysterious Green Flowers

One can find the most amazing flowers dwelling in The Abandoned.  Master gardeners planted them when the buildings were new.  I was fascinated by the delicate beauty of these green-tinted beauties.

I am looking forward to walking there with my darling Sissy this week--with all the beauty of Fall around us.

WARNING: Think twice about visiting The Abandoned without permission. You risk getting arrested for trespassing.