tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post1914686137795876984..comments2024-03-08T08:24:40.104-07:00Comments on Art and Alfalfa: Ghost TownGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-52992675428738762732021-03-14T13:42:30.605-06:002021-03-14T13:42:30.605-06:00Hello Biker and Philosopher,
I'm so glad you ...Hello Biker and Philosopher, <br />I'm so glad you found me. You live in a beautiful country...the reason I know that is because we walked with a horse and gypsy wagon through Wales. It was Spring and Daffodils were blooming everywhere. Newly born lambs were cavorting about.<br />Thank you for your visit and thank you also for your lovely compliment. Yes, please return.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-67568799718468247692021-03-14T12:49:25.088-06:002021-03-14T12:49:25.088-06:00Hello - found your blog by one of those random Sun...Hello - found your blog by one of those random Sunday afternoon rabbit holes via HATTAT and then ... What fabulous photos you take. It is the melancholy of these places that I like. Not that I have been to Eureka; but I have to many an abandoned farm house in Wales where I live - there's a beauty in the loss, a grandeur in their crumbling walls and flaking paint. I shall return.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-61139245623917222852021-03-09T15:21:10.516-07:002021-03-09T15:21:10.516-07:00Dear Mary,
There is much to see out West. You ca...Dear Mary, <br />There is much to see out West. You can even come and spend a few days panning for gold...enough gold to pay for your next Ocean voyage. Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-45574233291842323142021-03-09T08:24:09.761-07:002021-03-09T08:24:09.761-07:00We've loved exploring places such a this when ...We've loved exploring places such a this when we used to do more US road trips. Ghost towns are exciting though eery! <br />We loved our Death Valley Junction visit years ago - not the heat of course - and visiting ballerina/artist Marta Becket's Armagosa Opera House and hotel there! Just read that the hotel will re-open this month. "The Opera House continues Marta's legacy of celebrating art in the desert with creative acts in an inspiring venue." <br />If I can't go international yet I want to do a road trip - somewhere, anywhere SOON!<br />Hugs - Mary Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-82657973405076770342021-03-07T07:05:00.249-07:002021-03-07T07:05:00.249-07:00Dear Rosemary,
The Eureka mines were some of the ...Dear Rosemary, <br />The Eureka mines were some of the most successful mines in that it produced copious amounts of precious metals. The mines were finally abandoned in 1957. Water was flooding the shafts which made it more expensive to retrieve the oar. America's West has many open, isolated and barren landscapes. Friends, visiting from Germany, were so uncomfortable that the wife actually began to hyperventilate. What bothered her most was that no other cars were coming or going in either direction...for hours. Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-86416437226105217812021-03-07T06:56:07.938-07:002021-03-07T06:56:07.938-07:00Dear Jane and dear Lance,
We had the feeling, whi...Dear Jane and dear Lance, <br />We had the feeling, while walking through town, that we were being watched as we made our way up and down main street. Lace curtains seem to move. But maybe, it was just the slight breeze. <br />Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-47838411430898957722021-03-05T16:49:41.633-07:002021-03-05T16:49:41.633-07:00Dear Gina - it must be strange to be one of only 2...Dear Gina - it must be strange to be one of only 200 people left living in Eureka - did the town fall from favour due to the collapse of the mining industry? From my perspective here, it looks and feels as if it must be situated in a very lonely and isolated spot. Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305117665027937006.post-51502458309869535222021-03-05T02:13:15.804-07:002021-03-05T02:13:15.804-07:00Dear Gina,
Well, now we have experienced our Eure...Dear Gina,<br /><br />Well, now we have experienced our Eureka moment!!<br /><br />Your wonderful photographs capture perfectly an atmosphere of a once bustling town which is now filled with memories and little else. The whole feel of abandonment and decay is in these images of yours and we can just imagine ourselves walking along the empty streets without a soul in sight.<br /><br />A most fascinating glimpse into American history which we had not known previously. Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com