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I know I'm late, but "Wallpaper!," "Wallpaper!," "Wallpaper!," "Wallpaper!"

Fabulous shot of a metal monster!

Tony C., the constellation Cassiopeia looks a bit like the letter "W" - you were actually being pretty dang smart there, my friend!
http://www.physics.csb...ns/cassiopeia_l.html

I actually really like this pic. It makes me think of a steam-punk Moulin Rouge.

"Phragmites" - I didn't know that word before. Thanks for increasing my vocabulary! Too bad I can't use it in casual conversation. It sounds like a combination of "fragments" and "stalagmites." The phragmites bring both beauty and a distraction from the ugliness of the decaying mall.

"The mall looked lovely enough from the ground floor." 8`-) You have always had a unique and minimalist way with words. 8`-)

I'm surprised someone hasn't stolen the items in the top right of this pic and entered the whole thing in an abstract art contest somewhere. I know I would be fascinated by something like this.

Tootuncommon, you are the only person who mentioned that left-behind toys in public places are equally sad as toys in abandoned hospitals and other facilities. Years ago on this site if Motts showed a pic of an old toy from an abandoned hospital, half the people commenting would assume that the toy was ripped from some poor child's hands as they were departing and left behind on purpose as a sadistic "last act." I love seeing someone just comment that abandoned toys seem to provoke sad feelings in many of us.
That's why I also enjoy the rest of the comments on this page. There is humor and pathos in abandoned objects, and the feelings generated by them are contextual.
OK, now it's clear why I am on the faculty at a university - I can take anything and make it dry and boring. ;-)
Ha! And now the spam prevention question I get to submit to post this comment actually asks, "What planet do you live on?" 8`-) If I write "Uranus" I won't get to post this comment, will I? >:-)

The comments on this page are pretty hysterical - you guys are a hoot!

I would LOVE to see Jay and Silent Bob!

The phrase "tiled bathroom remains" has sparked some pretty hysterical pix in my brain. 8`-)

Since when did you start publicly displaying your hysterical sense of humor? I fell hook, line, and sinker for that one! 8`-)

Those are the sort of curtains we use at many state hospitals these days to separate the toilet stalls. It is difficult to get a large individual in a large wheelchair into most standard toilet stalls, but you still want to maintain some privacy, so you can pull those curtains around.

Heck, we have them in the staff bathroom of our training department.

autoguy, you kill me! 8`-)

Fabulous shot, with texture, color, AND contrast!