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| Time can be a cruel mistress. |
This post is a part of the 30 Days of Photographs II challenge. Please visit the rest of the participants for more fantastic photos: MikeWJ, Nicky and Mike, Mo, Meleah, John, aka nonamedufus, Bryan, aka Unfinished Person, Mariann, Malisa, Nora, LaughingMom, Tanya, Elizabeth A., 00dozo, Cheryl, Kristen and Katherine. *
Those look like greenhouses - long abandoned greenhouses. I'm thinking of that great Stones tune "Time Waits For No One". Great pic, Ziva. Time has passed those structures, and whatever business it was, by.
ReplyDeleteEither greenhouses or some kind of research facilities for the government. I wonder what the government of Finland was doing there. Hmmmm? :)
ReplyDeleteTime (and gravity) have wreaked havoc on my face and body. Oh, the horrors.
ReplyDeleteI love this shot. Neglect is even crueler than time. I see both at work here.
Oh good concept!
ReplyDeleteWithout someone to maintain it, all structures get eaten away with time. It's kind of sad, but I like to imagine what the scene would have looked like at its productive peak.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great interpretation of today's theme, Ziva, and I could kick myself for not thinking of something similar. I was totally fixated on clocks, rather than on the effects of time itself.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I think this photo would look lovely with a small lake or pond in the foreground.
Ziva, this photo makes me think of "after the rapture" type thing. Just empty shells. Scary! But great take on the theme!
ReplyDeleteOnce the Olympic games were over, earlier concerns about design flaws in the housing for discus, javelin, and shot-put athletes were shown to be justified.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great take on today's theme. I was hoping to do something similar but couldn't find a subject wasn't visually obscured by major overgrowth. That, and well, you know me.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo. I love the pastel hues in the background sky.
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"Time can be a cruel mistress." you got THAT right!
ReplyDeleteFabulous photo, Ziva!
Thanks, Double-O! Everything is still dead in Finland this time of year, so there's no risk of overgrowth. ;)
ReplyDeleteHaha, you be hangin with Ziva today, Frank. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly the feeling these greenhouses invoke in me, too, Linda.
ReplyDeleteYeah? Well I think your blog would look great with some photos on it.
ReplyDeleteDiscus wouldn't let me comment earlier today...weird... Love this picture and you are so right that time can be cruel. I would think in Finland that greenhouses would be revered and not neglected!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it looked lovely.. :) Strangely, though, I kind of prefer it in this stage.. Broken, beaten, but still standing.
ReplyDeleteTime and gravity are real bitches, and I think they're actually working together..
ReplyDeleteThank you, dufus. :) They are old greenhouses, on someone's very private property, and they've been forgotten for a very long time. I see them when I drive home from work, and they've always fascinated me..
ReplyDeleteWho are you and what do you know about the secret Elvis cloning facilities??
ReplyDeleteYou'd think! And normally they are. But these.. it seems someone forgot them, and then time took over. I'm glad you liked the photo. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Meleah!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with LM, this is not what I'd expect to see in Finland, let alone Scandinavia, I thought you guys took care of your greenhouses...
ReplyDeleteThis is a remarkable photo. Not just that the large greenhouses are neglected, in a photogenic fashion, but that you, somehow, were there to witness...it is a beautiful photo.
I love your take on the theme!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nora, I'm really glad you liked it. :)
ReplyDeleteFinland is full of perfectly maintained greenhouses, but somewhere, somehow, these were forgotten.. They've fascinated me ever since I saw them, and I wish I could have taken a closer look. I had to stand quite far away because someone had put up a lot of signs everywhere, telling people it was private property.. Anyway, thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteIf they're not, keep your voice down so they don't decide it's a good idea. Just the thought that they might not be working together is frightening. Holy shit!
ReplyDeleteDo Finns shoot trespassers?
ReplyDeleteNo, we just respect private property. ;)
ReplyDeleteI like that a whole lot better than the whole shooting thing.
ReplyDeleteTime can be a cruel mistress. I'm living proof. :) Great photo which depresses me a bit and makes me feel sad. I hate to see perfectly good buildings going to waste.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry the photo made you depressed and sad.. It really is a shame that buildings are left to waste away like this, becoming nothing but empty and broken shells.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting depiction of time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jayne. :)
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