tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post4548246976531235167..comments2024-03-12T12:44:52.108+00:00Comments on Creating Pictures in my Mind: Ghost TownLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-32782503704420866402009-05-14T20:03:00.000+01:002009-05-14T20:03:00.000+01:00Thanks, Margaret. I'll take a closer look. Sadly, ...Thanks, Margaret. I'll take a closer look. Sadly, I didn't get to Taos. I intended to, but although it was freak weather conditions for winter (Sunny and Warm) - the local radio station warned of a blizzard about to hit the area so I fled back from Sante Fe to my apartment in Albuquerque. I did get a splendid video of Georgia O.Keefe from the Museum which more than made up for it - what a wonderful, single-minded elderly woman artist!<br />Sincerely<br />LaurieLauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-88573123070674595952009-05-14T18:23:00.000+01:002009-05-14T18:23:00.000+01:00What an interesting site! The peaks make me think...What an interesting site! The peaks make me think of a Catholic church, but then the igloo-ish building on the right may have been where the cooking was done, and is that a cairn on the left wall? Did you get out to the D.H. Lawrence ranch in Taos (having sponsored so many Englishmen/women)? Now it's used for hideaway weddings for megastars like Julia Roberts, etc.Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-62944862362562293912009-05-12T13:55:00.000+01:002009-05-12T13:55:00.000+01:00Now I am literally drooling ! Ghost towns and anci...Now I am literally drooling ! Ghost towns and ancient rubbish heaps with intact bottles... and here I have to go off to the offal office to spend the day solving peoples problems for them... when there are rubbish heaps to excavate. !!! Life is not fair ! My goodness, I think some bloggers are going to have to get together and organize some junkyard and rubbish heap expeditions, armed with cameras, shovels, metal detectors, and a cooler full of lemonade... Thanks Laurie for your inspirations!Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-10575595371629684292009-05-12T04:40:00.000+01:002009-05-12T04:40:00.000+01:00Far from a mediocre image! Wonderful atmosphere.....Far from a mediocre image! Wonderful atmosphere...Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302700145350385530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-23886105319815792872009-05-12T02:48:00.000+01:002009-05-12T02:48:00.000+01:00Thank you for the blog comment! Your blog is so i...Thank you for the blog comment! Your blog is so interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-72834952520620813922009-05-11T22:24:00.000+01:002009-05-11T22:24:00.000+01:00Liz, I went to a ruined building near me last year...Liz, I went to a ruined building near me last year and had a scout round. I noticed that there was a piece of glass sticking out of the ground. Using my finely honed archaeological dig skills, I quickly removed some circa 1930s jam jars which were in perfect condition - and very useful for standing brushes and pencils in. There was also a large piece of blue patterned chine - bliss! The year before, I went to a field near me that was once next door to an old dairy that was originally run by the local cooperative. As it was winter, the foliage had died back and I found the remnants of an old rubbish heap - sitting on top were, again in perfect conditon, three old milk bottles. Before the Second World War, all milk bottles were very wide necked and again were perfect for storing paintbrushes in! Nettles in clump next to a property is a dead giveaway for prewar rubbush dumps - Keep your eyes open and good luck!<br />LaurieLauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-89901411844182974732009-05-11T22:15:00.000+01:002009-05-11T22:15:00.000+01:00Joanna, Thanks for the tip - I'll look it up on go...Joanna, Thanks for the tip - I'll look it up on google.<br /><br />Leila, Thanks for visiting and the compliment!<br /><br />LaurieLauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-35394789039271172462009-05-11T21:20:00.000+01:002009-05-11T21:20:00.000+01:00I have always wanted to visit a ghost town too, La...I have always wanted to visit a ghost town too, Laurie! I have a real facination with old, abandoned buildings, but sadly, now there are less and less of them, as they all seem to get knocked down and turned in to housing estates, shocking! Great stories and photo!Buskittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948633363798945823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-69139767832751278932009-05-11T20:34:00.000+01:002009-05-11T20:34:00.000+01:00Your image reminds me of Highs Plains Drifter! Gre...Your image reminds me of Highs Plains Drifter! Great story thank you for sharing.Leila Marvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067644071990885077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-40562206873218213162009-05-11T20:26:00.000+01:002009-05-11T20:26:00.000+01:00Hey - when you are over next you should try and ge...Hey - when you are over next you should try and get to 'Bodie' amazing ghost town!!Joanna Doverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199471137405306748noreply@blogger.com