Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned

Posted: February 28, 2014 in Weekly Photo Challenge
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The rest of this week’s photo challenge entries can be found here:  http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/photo-challenge-abandoned/.

To read about the U. S. Rangers assault, including scaling the picture cliff, on Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, go here:  http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/dday/pointeduhoc.aspx.

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  4. philosophermouseofthehedge says:
    February 28, 2014 at 1:09 pm

    THoughtful choice. Nicely done

  5. Sandra says:
    February 28, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    Interesting link and great photos Janet. Have a lovely weekend.

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  7. Veronica Roth says:
    February 28, 2014 at 1:35 pm

    Good lord Janet those are some great shots. 🙂 Reminds me of all the abandoned WWII stuff around me in England, like cement gun huts along the Thames. Now they are a haven for swallows and butterflies.

    • sustainabilitea says:
      February 28, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      Thanks, Veronica. I like that they’re still around; it helps people remember. But I like nature taking over, too.

      janet

    • helenscribe says:
      February 28, 2014 at 1:40 pm

      Veronica, could you take photos of the cement gun huts along the Thames? Where exactly are they?. I know they used to have ack-ack gun emplacements in Regents Park. Seeking other leads, principally in London (Highgate and upstream on the Thames.)

  8. helenscribe says:
    February 28, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    Wonderful photos, shivery memories, very evocative. Thanks for posting. H.

  9. Marion Driessen says:
    February 28, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    Places of war, left for nature to take back. Thank you for these images of reflection, Janet.

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  11. The Good News says:
    February 28, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    You’ve told a provocative story with your picture choices, Janet. Wow.

  12. wisemonkeysabroad says:
    February 28, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    Wonderful selection of photographs for the challenge!!

  13. Madhu says:
    February 28, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    Sombre and moving Janet. A marvelous interpretation!

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  15. viveka says:
    February 28, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    Janet, thoughtful entry … hopefully we will not have to build protection like that again in Europe – sadly it doesn’t go for too many places around the world.

    • sustainabilitea says:
      February 28, 2014 at 4:52 pm

      We have to always remember these things to try to avoid or prevent them from happening again. As it is, there are, as you say, too many places where these sorts of things are happening.

      Have a wonderful weekend.

      janet

      • viveka says:
        February 28, 2014 at 5:21 pm

        Janet, I don’t understand why we can’t get along … lived in Belfast for many years … and it was so hard to understand why people that was so nice to other … couldn’t be nice to each other.
        Thank you so much, see you next week.

  16. Heyjude says:
    February 28, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    Poignant choice.

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  21. Baby croc says:
    March 1, 2014 at 10:56 am

    Very nice…love them.

  22. moondustwriter says:
    March 1, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    I’m glad some remember the bravery of the past. Janet, hope all is well. I have not been as active lately cuz I was in an accident typing is tiring (uggh)
    have a gr8 wkend

    • sustainabilitea says:
      March 1, 2014 at 12:24 pm

      We have to remember, not only the bravery but the tyranny, so we can be better equipped in the future. So sorry to hear about your accident! I wondered why I hadn’t seen you around as much. Hope you’re healing quickly. All the best!

      janet

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  24. Chris Breebaart says:
    March 1, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    Pointe du Hoc, one of the places I know well in Normandy. Did you see my pictures from there?

  25. AnnIsikArts says:
    March 2, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    Been there, Janet. All around the D-Day beaches. The cemeteries are unspeakably awful. Don’t understand how war can be a solution …

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