Juxtaposition of Beauty and Ruin

I've not been, but I've seen the pictures. They look like the movie set for a dystopian future.

@moffittjc I have a friend who lives up in Davisburg and he says much the same thing. Micro-manufacturers and high-tech companies are moving in due to cheap real estate.

@DWDavis I have a friend who lives in Michigan that told me recently that Detroit is undergoing a transformation right now, and we'll see a resurgence of the city in the near future. So that is good news to hear.

Thank you. It does seem with every season that passes the next one passes even more quickly.

@1creekgirl I actually had a 7th Grade AG class prove that time goes by faster as we get older due to proportionality. Each new year of your life is a smaller proportion of your whole life than the year before. Example: Your first year is 100% of your life. Your second year is onlly 50% and your third year is only 33 1/3%. Each year is a smaller percentage.

@DWDavis I wonder why the older we get, the faster life seems to go by. Is it because we realize that life is short?

@DWDavis I don't know, that seems sturdy enough despite it's rust. I wouldn't know where to begin in restoring pieces like this. I was watching an episode of Mountain Men (History Channel) and there was a piece of logging equipment over 100 years old. The man, with the help of his business partner, was able to restore it into working order. Of course, it looked as if the piece has been kept away from damp ground and cared for. The man on the show actually teaches survival classes here in NC. My aunt was telling me that her step daughter went to one not too long ago.

The items they used here at the campground are probably long past restoration. The rust molecules holding hands is probably the only reason they haven't collapsed into some much oxidized dust.

Thank you. I'm always pleased when at least one shot out of all that I take jumps out as something special.

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Thank you. There were many roses blooming and I took several pictures but this one seemed more than just a pretty picture of some roses.

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Thank you, and you're welcome. I do like this photo. I may upload it to Pixabay to see if it garners enough positive reviews to be featured on the site.

@DWDavis Well good luck then

That is true.

It is evocative of a past long gone.

They have done so with several old pieces of farm equipment near the entrance to the park. Most of the land hereabouts used to be farm land. There is a sizable field adjacent to our campsite that looks like it was once pasture for livestock.