I'm going through some more of my photos, and I can't resist posting one more :) This is from Cisco Grove, CA, again. The town itself is pretty much gone, abandoned after I80 went in and routed traffic away from the tourist stop it had been on the old Highway 40. There aren't many buildings left, and the remains of some are like the stone foundation in the photo. Lingering remnants of the past. I loved wandering around these old buildings and took quite a few pictures. Something about the trees growing up through the middle of what used to be a lively place really captured me. I guess it's a lot why I like studying the past (which is what I do during my day-job)--I like to think about how people lived before I ever got a chance to peek into their lives, either through their DNA, their old pottery, or walking around what used to be their house. In a way, that's what I like about writing, too; the ability to see and understand the lives of others through my characters.My question is, then, what kinds of things draw you in? What do you like to wander out and take photos of?
