Yeah! Beautiful shots, though. We used to lose plants when the frost, ice and snow came in winter in the Mojave.
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I love taking pictures! Mostly of my chickens and butterflies
Gorgeous pix and your rooster is so handsome! I miss my flock of around 36 from when I lived in the Mojave. *I love senior cats, too.*I love taking pictures! Mostly of my chickens and butterflies
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Awww thank you so much! Wow! 36! I only have 12 lol! But would love to increase my flock size
Senior cats make the BEST cats in my opinion
I volunteer at my humane society and see a lot of senior cats there, sadly. The kittens and teenager cats go so fast
I wish more people gave them a chance
We "inherited" the flock when we moved to the house and land. Original homeowners had to move back to the city for personal reasons. We learned about chickens before we moved, and I really loved caring for them - 2 roosters and several different types of chickens. Used to love going to the feed store to buy lay pellet and mash, rabbit pellet for the cottontails and jackrabbits, birdseed and suet, and of course, food for our clowder of 21. I'd always seek out the feed store cat, who could usually be found high up on a stack of dry food bags. The owners were very old school ignorant about cats, though.Awww thank you so much! Wow! 36! I only have 12 lol! But would love to increase my flock size
I love the picture of the frog sumo
mani
Here are some pictures of lovely old houses in Japan, some of them derelict but beautiful nonetheless.
Love the way the TV and the china is still intact, even though the roof has caved in.
Photo taken looking towards Fuji from the hills above Lake Shoji.
Kwik
That large, flat area of forest is Aokigahara, also known as the sea of trees.
mani
Here are some pictures of lovely old houses in Japan, some of them derelict but beautiful nonetheless.
Love the way the TV and the china is still intact, even though the roof has caved in.
Photo taken looking towards Fuji from the hills above Lake Shoji.
Kwik
That large, flat area of forest is Aokigahara, also known as the sea of trees.
Your photos blow me aways - I just love the way your shots capture the beauty of LIFE( to me) some one salvaged a few things and put them on the TV,that's perserverance- the firewood and the dog or the chairs..... I like to see from others eyesI love the picture of the frog sumo
Here are some pictures of lovely old houses in Japan, some of them derelict but beautiful nonetheless.
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Love the way the TV and the china is still intact, even though the roof has caved in.
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Photo taken looking towards Fuji from the hills above Lake Shoji.
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My goodness ,the Sea of Trees is even bigger than I could imagine
Such a beautiful scenery
Are the abandoned houses in the Fukushima zone? or do you know why they were abandoned?I love the picture of the frog sumo
Here are some pictures of lovely old houses in Japan, some of them derelict but beautiful nonetheless.
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Love the way the TV and the china is still intact, even though the roof has caved in.
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Photo taken looking towards Fuji from the hills above Lake Shoji.
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No, we`re a long way from Fukushima. I`m in Yamanashi.
There are millions of abandoned houses all over Japan. Akiya houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes Wood framed houses don`t last very long. Earthquake safety regulations are always being updated and most houses have stood for as long as they`re going to stand within about 40 years. Also, most people don`t want to live in rural areas so the parents and grandparents homes fall into disrepair when the children move into cities.
Most of the houses in the area I live in are empty and derelict. They make great subjects for photographing though.
Good composition!
Cities make me want to RUN. And Japanese cities? Unlivable IMHO! I'd love to live in the Mojave again and if I lived in Japan, I'd definitely seek out a place like where you live. I had no idea there were so many derelict houses and I feel the same about them as I do about unoccupied houses and buildings everywhere, with so many being homeless; FIX THEM UP so they can be shelter!
As I do have a passion for Japanese culture and love Japan I had seriously thought about buying one of those homes a few years back ,a gorgeous big beautiful piece of land was the real prize with a run down home for only $7000. usd.......my ex husband was trying to immigrate to America,would've made perfect sense for both of us to immigrate to Japan
Natural disasters put me off,nothing else really... I already live in Hurricaine Alley so I always look at the potential threats to consider( have to move to outer space to avoid any,lol)
I enjoy your photos very very much
If you`ve got the means to do them up there are some lovely old farmhouses available in Japan. In some cases you can get them for free, or just by back paying the land taxes that are due on them.
We`re you and your husband in Japan for long?
We`re you and your husband in Japan for long?
No not at all though we made several trips- because of his work we couldn't stay anywhere very long,not more than 30 days--- if we would have made any decisions of course I would've stayed longer
Then there's the matter of the cats,that's when everything got reaaaally complicated 🫤
We rented a lovely place in Yamanashi Perfecture through Air BNB after a week in a place we had no idea was to ' share'- it was awful- then 3 wks in a home in Fujiwagucchi( I know I'm spelling it wrong & made it half Italian)
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I love fixing up and restoring old buildings, they are (your photos) so interesting architechually, I would love to visit them. In the U.S. folks restore and fix up old rural properties for weekend cottages, hunting lodge etc. living in cities sucks, you are lucky to have your horses and wood stove, and maybe chickens...
This is a photo of someone's arm.
Fujikawaguchikomachi? The funniest thing is listening to BBC news presenters trying to pronounce it.
They are beautiful, it`s a shame so many of them are left to rot. I think the main problem is that there is no work in rural areas and not many people who live in cities want to spend their weekends way out in the middle of nowhere.
Suits me fine though. I love having the place almost all to myself.
From my album 'I See, I Shoot' - Insects Collection
Macro Photography of a Heavy Jumper
Macro Photography of a Heavy Jumper
He would be a wonderful Muppet! Great pics
