Echoes Of Laughter

A leftover from times long gone, this lonely swing set is slowly eaten by the elements.

Something Older Than Me

In the summer of 2000 I found something on the ground in an open field east of where I live in northern Colorado. I picked it up and brought it home.

I have always picked up interesting rocks and some of them I polish in a tumbler. But this looked more like a bone than a rock and I was intrigued by the veins of crystal.

In January of 2002 I contacted a professor of Geology at the University of Northern Colorado. He tested my find by dropping some sort of acid on it and since there was no reaction he was able to tell me it was not bone, but in fact a nice chunk of petrified wood.

He also told me that the silica that is laced around and in my piece dates it to the tertiary period which is between two million and sixty million years old!

Sometimes I hold this wood and try to feel the years that have passed in its time. Mostly I just feel the weight of my piece and the dumb luck involved in finding something so cool.

Old Fishing Boat

This old trawler nets fresh and delicious shrimp in the gulf coast, USA.

Time Worn Wheel

Baking in the sun, and slammed by the elements, an old wheel erodes slowly.

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Open Barn

© 2014 Michael Fiveson

Almost as if an airplane hit it. Available for wet storage, be cautious when entering.

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Door Handle

© 2013 Michael Fiveson

The weathered wood and rusty handle measure time. It all crumbles in the end, unless cared for meticulously. Then we watch the rebirth, as we slowly fade from view.

Rusty Chains

© 2013 Michael Fiveson

An abandoned piece of industrial equipment is left to the elements where it slowly rusts.

Giant Doors

© 2013 Michael Fiveson

The door to the right is of normal proportions and made for human beings. It must be their job to keep whatever enters through the two huge doors fed and happy. I saw no evidence of giants, although I suspect they only come out at night to play.

Curious Window

© 2013 Michael Fiveson

Just a lot of seemingly random stuff going on here.

Silo

© 2012 Michael Fiveson

A neighboring town with a very large and closed silo. Love the well ventilated roof.