Monday, September 30, 2019

Abandoned - sheds and small cottages

©2019 Barry Smith - Cottage by a small stone beach - Mellness - such strength - facing the sea - maybe a boat shed and fisher persons cottage?
Fiona and I did a trip from the cottage to Ullapool and then up the west coast. There was much rugged beauty of ancient stone and reflections of trees and mountains in still lochs.

Another haunting feature of the trip was the number of small sheds and cottages that seemed to have served their purpose and now were left to gradually disintegrate.

©2019 Barry Smith  - On a hill near Elphin
©2019 Barry Smith - By the roadside - Elphin
©2019 Barry Smith - Towards Ullapool
©2019 Barry Smith - Near Foindle - love this wee one with its oval window
©2019 Barry Smith - West side of Loch Eribol
©2019 Barry Smith - Bottom of Loch Eribol
©2019 Barry Smith - Beachside Melness
©2019 Barry Smith - Roadside - Horse Sound
©2019 Barry Smith - Near Tarbet
©2019 Barry Smith - Roadside - Loch Inchard - love the peeling paint and disintegrating tar sheet covering - and a blue door of course.
Whilst there is a sadness to this temporary occupation and then abandonment there; is also the beauty of these strong silent structures that have all held spirits in some way. There is also a beauty in the rust, peeling paint, greying timbers and mossy stone.


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  1. grace Forrest~MaestasSeptember 30, 2019 at 2:41 AM

    Thank you for this, SO MUCH

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  2. Mo CrowSeptember 30, 2019 at 2:47 AM

    love how these beautiful ruins sit in the landscape

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  3. Tory RichardsSeptember 30, 2019 at 6:29 AM

    Barry these are exquisite. Can I have the one by the roadside at Horse Sound please. That will do quite nicely.

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  4. Liz AOctober 1, 2019 at 10:41 PM

    I can't get over how many of structures in your Highland images (in this post and others) make me think of patchwork pieces ... the colors and textures are equally inspiring

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  5. BarryOctober 3, 2019 at 12:33 AM

    G,MC, T and LA - thanks for tour comments on the post - good to get reactions to stuff we put up. G - glad you are interested. T - thought they might appeal to you and how good is it that one is located overlooking Horse Sound - and it appears to be a barn - or maybe a very small very old cottage with an animal byre attached. LA - I can totally see the link with patchwork - the patchwork of rust, paint, wood and stone are so like sections of a patchwork. All - go well. B

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