America and Her Pasttimes

In these last few days, I have been wanting to do America, Pennsylvania, and Lancaster County related things.  That meant today was baseball day.  My brother, wife and I grabbed the necessary equipment and went to the nearest diamond.  Just as the first ball was hit, my wife took a photo of my brother and I, and a crazy thunderstorm started.  We kept playing for a while, but could only move so well in rain soaked clothes.  We then made our way back to my mother's pool for some swimming in the rain. 

Polaroid Baseball

My wife took the Polaroid.  Though that may not seem legal, I feel I can justify it.  It was with a Polaroid camera, obviously, and thus had no manual features.  I told her where to stand.  The end result would have been the same, save for the fact that it would have been her hitting the baseball instead of me.  Also, I took a photo of the Polaroid picture.  So I still did take a picture...and this is that picture.

The Last Time?

I drove past the school that I have been taking photos of yesterday.  I drove past it twice.  There was maybe an hour and a half between the two trips.  In that hour and a half it went from about half left standing to very little left standing.  This made me want to continue the documenting process of it's demise, the fact that very little is left.  So today, after a nice run and a swim in a pool, I went back and found even more missing.  There are no rooms left...everything that remains is either a wall with very little attached or an unidentifiable "piece" of what was once a school.  I might go back when there is nothing at all...we shall see.

   A Slight Breeze Could Bring It To It's Knees

A beautiful sunset created the perfect color tones for this post-apocalyptic scene.  If I didn't know what this mass of scrap metal was just two weeks ago, I'd have no idea what it is or once was.

A Junkyard Wasteland

A field that stretches into a baseball diamond has become a temporary junkyard for the site.  A barn in the distance creates just enough light to illuminate pieces of what could have once been a locker room or science lab.