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ruralRuin's InsaneJournal:
| Friday, November 27th, 2009 | |
| 11:18 pm | Time Files Photographed in a barn at an abandoned citrus packing plant near De Land, Florida.  |
| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 | |
| 5:54 pm | Poor farms Being unable to care for one's self in Victorian times was seen as very dishonorable to a family, especially in America, the land of independence. Before the era of retirement homes, social security, or even state hospitals, the first attempt to remove burdens from society (other than prisons) came in the form of poor houses, or poor farms, akin to 10th century European almshouses. Communities built self-sufficient facilities to house the poor, the disabled, and the elderly, leaving the more able-bodied to essentially fend for the other residents with provided resources.  The two poorhouses featured here held between 20 and 30 beds, and possibly more above the garages and stables. History aside, they were really big houses that look cool when they implode on themselves after decades of decay.      These institutions began to be abandoned as the Social Security program was adopted in the 1930s, and while the land is still farmed, the connotation of poverty and destitution still lingers in these areas. Not far from the abandoned poor farms, regional homeless shelters and senior centers are now accommodating for thinly-spread welfare and social security packages as this this measure of the population is growing larger. I'm still trying to find the location of the poor farm in my home county, but stories conflict and records are curiously absent. |
| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | |
| 10:46 am | |
| Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | |
| 11:38 am | From a Flood long ago Having hiked every trail and game trail along this creek, I decided to hike the creek itself, wading in the water. It is by that route that I came across this long ago flood wash. It was an early morning hike, just outside of Austin, Tx. It's odd to think of how many times I've passed this, unknowingly, and for how many years, as I love this creek. Trees have grown around it, and it is buried by years of cliff-slide debris on this side of the vehicle. The engine is still in it, though rusted and mostly buried. I don't know the make of the car either. I have more photos, but I haven't processed them all yet.   Below you can view both photos on black, where you can click to view it larger as well. First Photo: View On Black Second Photo: View On Black |
