The Allure of Decrepitation

Traveling the back roads from Bellevue to Portland on Christmas Eve eve, I screeched to a halt as I came upon this collection of fabulous walls and fences in Centralia, Washington.

Year end, Skagit Valley

Out front

Old home

The loft

Pondweed and gingko

Greenhouse

"Living is easy with eyes closed"

Self portrait with pages

Flood I

Flood II

Ghost farms, Richmond OR

Mission District Walk

An afternoon in San Francisco...

Quarry

Wrap

End of the Petroleum Age

Look Both Ways

Blue stucco

Triple door

Something There Is...

...that does not love a fence, to paraphrase Robert Frost. Here are three paths (of varying upkeep) in my neighborhood that one must go to a certain length to access. The last one is so popular as to have engendered a full-blown "path of desire."

From the Archives

Inclement weather has precluded much flaneuring recently so here are some shots of rows of things in the Fremont district of Seattle, from 2005...

The arrested idols

The Frigidaire graveyard

The ghost door parade

The hits of Spring

Unseasonable

Uncommonly blizzardish this week, and I ventured out for a neighborhood recon.


Steps



Vortex




Swerve




The fence

Good Neighbors

Lake City Way, Seattle