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Prisoner_Number_Six

(15,676 posts)
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 06:58 PM Sep 2015

A few random snaps

I discovered this on a sidewalk in a beautiful old neighborhood in my town. I saw it and just couldn't resist it. There's a touch of zen about it I couldn't pass by.



I was sitting out on the front deck enjoying the evening when some clouds hid the sun for a few moments. There's nothing special about the shot, other than the texture of the trees against the sky.



I discovered this old fire hydrant behind a little strip mall in my neighborhood. There was something a little lonely and perhaps a bit sad about it- a disused old hydrant all by itself, forgotten and rusting. Something like the Tin Man standing all alone in the yard, waiting for someone to come by and use the oil can.

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A few random snaps (Original Post) Prisoner_Number_Six Sep 2015 OP
My dear Prisoner_Number_Six! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2015 #1
Amazing what one can see by simply looking Prisoner_Number_Six Sep 2015 #2
That's because you're not there yet, silly! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2015 #3
I'm going to hell. rug Sep 2015 #4
That's what you call a reality check. Prisoner_Number_Six Sep 2015 #7
I'm glad you had a good day today. rug Sep 2015 #8
Near my home, on a paved county road... trof Sep 2015 #5
Beaut! MerryBlooms Sep 2015 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,641 posts)
1. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six!
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 07:04 PM
Sep 2015

Ah, these are just lovely...all of them!

Very poignant too. Start here.......end of day.......the old hydrant.

They whisper of once-new beginnings that went........where?

Thank you for sharing them!



Prisoner_Number_Six

(15,676 posts)
2. Amazing what one can see by simply looking
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 07:15 PM
Sep 2015

RE "Start Here"- although there WAS a "Keep Going" a little bit down the way it was too faint to capture. And I never did find the Finish Line...

trof

(54,256 posts)
5. Near my home, on a paved county road...
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 07:52 PM
Sep 2015

In the middle of about and acre or two of mown grass on a vacant piece of ground, about 30 yards from the road, right smack dab in the middle, is a fire hydrant.

It just looks lonely.
I have no idea why it's there.

The other day there was a wild turkey standing next to it.

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