The rest of my 2011 daily photos can be viewed here.

The rest of my 2011 daily photos can be viewed here… even when I forget to pick a favorite on Friday.

Shake Rag has a beautiful tangle of old Live Oaks in front, and I don’t think I could ever get tired of photographing them.

The rest of my 2011 daily photos can be viewed here.

I love abandoned places. Old falling-down houses, bricked-off subway stations, hotels that were never finished, power plants left to rot, empty hospitals and institutions. There’s just something so lonely, so stark, such a sense of death and decay (and maybe a little horror movie) to most of them. Here are a few that I’ve been saving to share…

I would be hard-pressed to choose a favorite photo from the Ruins of Gary, Indiana.

This abandoned theme park in New Orleans makes me think of Something Wicked This Way Comes (yes, even though that was a traveling circus).

An abandoned power station from the 1940s makes me think of all kinds of post-Apocalypse scenarios.

This 50-story building in Bangkok was never finished.

After touring seven abandoned breweries, yes; I would want a beer.

A Japanese pop-singer’s abandoned house and belongings.

More story than photos, but still good – Into the Tunnels of NYC.

Speaking of tunnels, how about the Paris Metro? Or the London Post Office Railway?

Most of you know that I’m fascinated with the website My Parents Were Awesome; sometimes I just like the look of the person, sometimes I love that the photo is so indicative of a time, sometimes I wonder and imagine what that person might have gone on and done with their lives. Here are some of my favorites from the last little while.

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Dexter and Doris are rocking the swimsuits.

Melanie kicks ass.

Andrei rocks the bad-boy look.

Dan and Francesca look like movie stars.

Heinz and Lola look like they were having a good time.

Patricia looks like a free spirit.

I don’t know whether to hope that Mike and Diane were dressed up for a Halloween party… or hope that they weren’t!

Lisen looks like someone I would have hung out with when I was in Art School. Actually, so does Cate.

Whether I’m watching her to make sure she doesn’t nom the yarn… or she’s watching me to see if I’ll go away so she can nom the yarn, I’m not sure. But still.

The rest of my 2011 daily photos can be viewed here.

The rest of my 2011 daily photos can be viewed here.

The rest of my 2011 photos can be viewed here.

The rest of my 2011 photos can be viewed here.