Kathryn, ND Through Glass

DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
edited October 15, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Went through Kathryn, ND the other week-end and I was able to take some photos of the town reflected in 2 old store windows down main street. Kathryn is a very small town. It has a local bar, grain elevator and some homes.

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2 --

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3 --

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4 -- This is what happens when the hubby parks the car in front of a window :D


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5 -- After I move the car :D

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6 -- Stairway between the 2 old buildings.

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Mary
www.Dogdotsphotography.com

Comments

  • jackiejayjackiejay Registered Users Posts: 714 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    interesting pics I liked them :)
  • jsquerijsqueri Registered Users Posts: 244 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    I like 5, but you're missing a P trap :D.
    John

    www.jsqueri.smugmug.com
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    jackiejay wrote: »
    interesting pics I liked them :)

    Thank you. They're different...even different then what I usually take, but the reflections were good so I had to take a photo of them :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    jsqueri wrote: »
    I like 5, but you're missing a P trap :D.

    Happy to hear you like #5 -- so do I. The sink was missing a lot of things..the whole place was :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Morning Mary,

    Really a great series, so sad to see so many of the Smaller towns
    wither away.

    Really like the look and feel of those first 2.

    Very nicely done.
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Hey Mary,

    I like these a lot. The first two, in particular, chronicle the plight of things whose usefulness has waned. You've done good work with this series.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Panther wrote: »
    Morning Mary,

    Really a great series, so sad to see so many of the Smaller towns
    wither away.

    Really like the look and feel of those first 2.

    Very nicely done.

    Hi Craig --

    It is really sad to see these small towns dwindle down to almost nothing. When we were there I saw one lady walking her small dog on a leash.

    Glad you like it :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    black mamba wrote: »
    Hey Mary,

    I like these a lot. The first two, in particular, chronicle the plight of things whose usefulness has waned. You've done good work with this series.

    Tom

    Howdy Tom,

    Glad you like this series. I was just going to post one photo, but thought I'd throw them all on one thread.

    What I found surprising was the main street was facing the country. No other side of main street till down a ways.

    Kinda peaks the curiosity in ones mind...wondering what the buildings were way back long ago.
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    lol3.gif #6 was worth moving the car for. Hehe...Very nice clean shot. :D
    No pun intended Mary. Just happened that way. Really do like that picture.
    Will have to watch for such an opportunity.
    Michael
  • StephanyStephany Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Mary, I really like the first two photos. It is sad however to see small towns being deserted. Is the country store for sale?:-)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    DaddyO wrote: »
    lol3.gif #6 was worth moving the car for. Hehe...Very nice clean shot. :D
    No pun intended Mary. Just happened that way. Really do like that picture.
    Will have to watch for such an opportunity.


    Its amazing how just moving a car can help out a photo rolleyes1.gifThen to get the other sink photo I had to hug my body to the window to stop the reflection of "me". It took some strange contorting to get the shot. The lighting in that photo is the light bouncing off my sweatshirt. Turned out kinda neat.
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Stephany wrote: »
    Mary, I really like the first two photos. It is sad however to see small towns being deserted. Is the country store for sale?:-)<o:p></o:p>

    Hi --

    I don't know if the store is for sale or not. I didn't see any for sale signs. I'm sure if someone came along and wanted to buy one of these buildings they'd sell it. Might be able to pick it up for just the price of the unpaid property taxes. That's how a lot of small towns around here sell property left abandoned.

    When a town is completely empty around here it's usually taken over by a local farmer and turned into farm land. It would be interesting to know how much farm land out there was once a town.
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • StephanyStephany Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Hi Mary,

    I was in ND only once about 6 years ago - in freezing July- and was impressed by the vast land. Still vividly remember the views. ND is so different.
    Not sure if I like -20 F though :-(
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Stephany wrote: »
    Hi Mary,

    I was in ND only once about 6 years ago - in freezing July- and was impressed by the vast land. Still vividly remember the views. ND is so different.
    Not sure if I like -20 F though :-(

    Freezing July rolleyes1.gif

    ND is vast. Nothing is better then looking out to open land for as far as the eye can see.

    -20 ... you don't even feel it if you throw all your clothes on before heading out rolleyes1.gif
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Its amazing how just moving a car can help out a photo rolleyes1.gifThen to get the other sink photo I had to hug my body to the window to stop the reflection of "me". It took some strange contorting to get the shot. The lighting in that photo is the light bouncing off my sweatshirt. Turned out kinda neat.
    I guess you see I meant image 5 when I said 6. Jeeze :D what late nights
    can do to the mind. Calls into question any processing I might be doing at
    those times.
    You know I can see you hugging the window and contorting this way
    and that to "get the shot". :giggle Serious evidence of true dedication. The results speak for themselves. That particular sink picture has many
    qualities and endearing memories for me. I don't have to reach very far to
    recall how many times or where I have been in front of a wash basin just
    like that one. And as it is shown.
    Michael
  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Hi Mary.......Number 5clap.gif :Dgary
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    DaddyO wrote: »
    I guess you see I meant image 5 when I said 6. Jeeze :D what late nights
    can do to the mind. Calls into question any processing I might be doing at
    those times.
    You know I can see you hugging the window and contorting this way
    and that to "get the shot". :giggle Serious evidence of true dedication. The results speak for themselves. That particular sink picture has many
    qualities and endearing memories for me. I don't have to reach very far to
    recall how many times or where I have been in front of a wash basin just
    like that one. And as it is shown.

    I knew which one you meant the first time around :D

    It is an old time sink. I remember seeing those in the back room of many old buildings. It does bring back memories :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Azzaro wrote: »
    Hi Mary.......Number 5clap.gif :Dgary

    Hi --

    I'm glad you like it :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • StephanyStephany Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Freezing July rolleyes1.gif


    -20 ... you don't even feel it if you throw all your clothes on before heading out rolleyes1.gif

    Dear Mary,

    you do not know Floridians. They freeze when temps go down to 50F. mwink.gif
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    Stephany wrote: »
    Dear Mary,

    you do not know Floridians. They freeze when temps go down to 50F. mwink.gif

    Today was below 32* when I woke up. Had a few windows open when it hit the 40's. Getting ready for the real cold temps to come :D

    I do understand you warm weather people..it's a shock to the system when they hit the cold temps of the plains. 50* would feel cold for ya rolleyes1.gif
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
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