Exploring

On another day, we drove in the opposite direction for a different type of exploration – visiting places we’d been before to get a different perspective.

We’ve seen this cabin several times, as it’s along a well-traveled road in the area.  However, each time we pass it, it seems to add to its story of days gone by, and abandonment.  The porch is falling apart a bit more, and the roof over the porch is sagging each time we see it.  I wonder how long until it collapses upon itself.

Just beyond the cabin, are two buildings.  The first one, an adobe structure, is truly beginning to fall into itself.  I am guessing, but I think it might have been a stable, of sorts, when the cabin was thriving and there were livestock to keep.  The second is more of a traditional wood barn, and I’m imagining that it was perhaps a storage barn of some sort, holding farm equipment and tools.

As we drove along another dirt road, we would periodically travel close to a creek or stream.  It wasn’t very big, yet it offered a lovely reflection photo of the greenery growing along its banks.  I was quite surprised by this, as the running water of a stream/creek, doesn’t often lend itself to these types of images.  The second image is of a wider area along this same creek or stream.  It seems to be somewhat of a bog here.  Perhaps that occurred because in a couple of places, Jeff could see a beaver dam.  Maybe the water found a new path around the dams after they were built.

There were some pretty purple sort of daisy type flowers all along the roadside.  I think they might be asters.  In any event, there were some lovely images to be had.  Can you see the bee in the image with the quote?

And, finally a perfect dandelion!  With the breezes that blow in New Mexico, it’s not often one comes across these!  I thought the quote captures the idea of the passage of time, which I always think of when I see a dandelion gone to seed.

Enjoy!

Drive around Western Prince Edward Island

Our first day on Prince Edward Island (PEI), it was a bit of a misty overcast day.  Everything seemed to take on a little bit of that calm, cool feel.

Wide Open PEI View

It was very flat and waters were relatively calm on this day.  It had a very different feel from what we had come to expect from the Atlantic Canada provinces, and, for myself, I liked the change of pace, so to speak!

Provincial Park House

We did explore a small provincial park.  The most striking thing about this park was the house that sat on it.  I think it might be a sort of museum, but we didn’t try to get inside.  I just thought it was a nice example of perhaps the types of homes that used to be on PEI.  We weren’t far from the area where Lucy Maude Montgomery had her “Anne of Green Gables” set.  There is an area set up to honor the book and author, but the weekend we were there, there was a country western music festival, so we steered clear of that, given my lack of appreciation for that type of music!

Solitary Stand

Scenes like this were plentiful.  Altho it seems rather somber in this weather, I had a feeling that if the sun was shining, things would look very different.

Lupine along the Side of the Road

One bright spot on this gloomy day were the lupine that bloomed along the road sides.  They provided some brightness to a rather gray day!

Old Clapboard House

And, as I had come to expect in this area of Canada, clapboard houses were plentiful.  This one seemed abandoned, but many homes and barns still in use are made of clapboard.

Enjoy!

Deserted House

On the way back from our island explorations, we came across a deserted house.  I loved the broken down look of the house, and the windows in particular.  Check it out –

Deserted Homestead

Front Yard

Grassy Window

Enjoy!

Deserted Cabins – on the Way to Taos

One day, Jeff & I decided to take another trek up to Taos, but this time, we would use a back road or two.  We saw several sights – and a few were these deserted cabins!

Deserted Porch

Such a welcoming porch – not!  Well, to be honest, in its day, it probably was a nice, welcoming porch.  It faces the road, so I imagined its occupants sitting on the porch on Sunday afternoons, greeting passing neighbors.  That hasn’t happened it a while, tho…

Old Window

I love the textured look of this window.  There were two that faced the road and onto the porch.  This window has the ceiling rafters visible thru the window, which seems to have had a mis-sized screen placed on its sill at some point.  Some sort of plaster or something was over the boards at one point, but now, they serve no purpose other than to create that wonderful texture.

Broken Old Window

This window has character of a different sort, created by the broken glass still in portions of it.  It does seem odd that someone once tried to board up the bottom portion of the window, tho – from the inside.  I couldn’t really see into this window at all.  Maybe I could have, if I got up on the porch, but it definitely didn’t look like it was capable of supporting any weight, so I didn’t chance it.

Old Barn

Beyond the cabin, there were two buildings – once of which was this barn.  I loved the look of the wood panels, and the directional design they inadvertently make!  The green foliage around it is a lovely complement to the brown of the wood.

Adobe Doorway

The second building was an adobe storage shed of some sort.  What did it hold?  Supplies, crops, some of the animals?  One would think the other barn would hold the animals, but maybe the feed for them?  It’s all a mystery now.

Down the Well

And, out in front, there was this wonderful well!  I can just see some child, perhaps, sent out to fetch a bucket of water for cooking, or maybe clean up.  Unfortunately, now, it just seems to be used as a handy trash receptacle.  Sigh….  Still, I love the look of the workmanship of the stones along the side of the well.

Enjoy!