47 thoughts on “Nature Always Wins Eventually”

  5. All intriguing photos, amazing how many abandoned spots there are. About 2015 when our daughter and son-in-law moved to Margate we explored the local area and came across what had once been Ramsgate International Hoverport in Pegwell Bay. Ironically the Viking Ship still sits proudly on the cliff top!

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  6. (1) The trains in Spain stall mainly on the plains. But this one stalled too long!
    (2) I lost a shoe on a hike last year. At least now I know that nobody stole it!
    (3) “Chalk it up to reefer madness. The ship’s captain was on drugs.”
    (4) Some trees are known to produce really tough bark.
    (5) According to Paul V. W. Simon, there must be fifty ways to leave your love. So hop on the bus, Gus. And stay on it! (Yes, there’s a skeleton in the driver’s seat.)
    (6) LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world’s most widely used green building rating system. This hotel tower earned top honors in LEED certification!
    (7) TV News Reporter: “Here on the ground, I can see that Nature has escalated the war. As a result, Man appears to have lost another battle.”
    (8) “Honey, I think the car needs a new battery.”
    (9) That was once a valiant tree in shining armor. Sadly, the armor has since rusted out.
    (10) Because the tree’s roots were unable to find the accelerator and the clutch, the car went nowhere. Eventually, the idling car ran out of gas. And that put an end to the tree’s vacation plans.

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    1. Ah, the Citroen Light 15, ‘Traction-Avant’. 🙂
      It isn’t one of those, but I know the car you mean, Carolyn.
      I feel sure that the legacy we will leave behind will mainly be the huge rubbish dumps in ‘landfill’, and the nuclear waste stored in caves and under mountains.
      Best wishes, Pete.

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  9. Hell of a way to treat a vintage VW bus! For years I drove old two lane ribbons of asphalt through America, and always wondered about the lives that once lived in the collapsing homes and barns. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. There’s a great show on TV, Mysteries of the Abandoned. And YOuTube is full of deserted Mall speelunkers, forgotten amusement park hunters…Now you know how I waste time.

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    1. You Tube can be a rabbit hole that eats time. But there are great things on there, including every song I have ever searched for, and useful ‘How to’ videos that have helped me sort out camera problems and even erect a a wooden log store. 🙂
      Best wishes, Pete.

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  10. Those pictures reminded me of a poem I wrote: Turn Over and Shake

    Play-Doh trees
    Squeeze
    Through metal fences
    Relentless
    A dandelion forces asphalt up and out
    What humans raise
    Gravity will eventually raze
    Foliage tends to overgrow
    All the things that people throw
    Roots pry apart
    What humans start
    Left alone
    Nature erases
    Traces

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