Forgotten and abandoned

They were all once someone's pride and joy.

Abandoned in TN

Fixer-upper of the Week

Rack and ruin of the week

You don't know how bad I wanted to go inside these places.

Barn of the week

Barns of the week

Aged beauty

As I get older I love these feral houses more and more.

Discarded furniture of the week

Abandoned furniture of the week

Barn of the week

Fall colors, autumn sights

Barn of the week

Sweet, sweet decay

I have mad love for this local sign:
I love how the once modern and space age look of it is rusting out and decaying slowly.

I want to stop and and take a photo of it every time I drive by it.

One day the city will condemn that building and someone will tear that sign down and all that's left will be my photos of it.

Trailer for sale or rent

While driving around the other day, I took these photos of these trailers that have long since seen better days.
My family and I have a long history with trailers.
In the mid '70's we lived in a trailer for over a year while our house on Wallen's Creek in Lee County was being built.
My late sister Sandy lived in a trailer in Kingsport that was party central after she graduated high school in 1978.
And I have an aunt and uncle that live in a trailer in Michigan today.
On a gloomy cloudy day, these empty trailers looked like ghost dwellings to me. They are relics of the past when affordable housing was not just a pipe dream and was within our grasp.

Sometimes they come back

Some old warehouses near downtown are being torn down and old ads that were painted on the inside walls are seeing the light of day for a little while once again. I stopped and took pictures of these two:

Fixer uppers of the week

Who doesn't love a bargain and a challenge?

Barn of the week

Barn of the week