Lovely, locally grown pumpkin and squash arrangements greetings greet Autumn visitors in West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. For the best viewing experience, click to see a high resolution version.
This old abandoned shed is on Shelter Baptist Church Rd near Crumpler, North Carolina.
This pastural landscape was captured in rural Ashe County, near Apple Grove. The pasture is surrounded by numerous Christmas tree farms.
Cheers!
C. S.
Estimated to have been built in the early 1800s, this chimney marks the remains of an old farmhouse located down in a holler off of Landmark Church Road in Ashe County, North Carolina.
Cheers,
C. S.
Another old barn photo? Yes! I will always stop to photograph an interesting, rustic old barn. Soon they will all be gone. Until then, I’ll continue to capture their weathered wood, patina metal surfaces, and rustic architectural features. For the best viewing experience, click to view a high resolution version.
Cheers,
C. S.
For Lent this year, I’ve committed to turning my thoughts and desires away from material wants and instead focusing on the simple things in life that truly sustain happiness.
C. S.
I flew my new Mavic 3 drone in Ashe County last weekend. I sought out a local Christmas Tree farm and they gladly gave me permission to fly over the farm. I’m impressed with the drone’s dynamic range and thrilled to be finally seeing from above. For the best viewing experience, click on the image to see a high resolution version.
Cheers,
C. S.
When originally built, I suspect this barn was used to maintain a variety of crops for the family and local community. Now the barn is only used to store a tractor, used to cut grass now growing in former crop fields. These old barns and family farms are quickly disappearing from the rural American landscape.
Cheers,
C. S.
Driving the backroads usually has a payoff for the adventurous, but patient photographer. This tobacco barn was a welcomed reward after a long dry spell traveling through rural Ashe Country, North Carolina last fall.
Cheers!
C. S.
While I love the weathered textures, rust and other features of decay, photographing an abandoned old house can bring mixed feelings. There are melancholy thoughts of needless decline. Why was this home neglected and forgotten? But there is also an appreciation of the effort and sacrifice spent in building the home. Lives were lived here, perhaps a family’s, it was their home.
There is peace found in the acceptance of impermanence as part of the cycle of life. There is after all, beauty in decay.
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