Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A Sign from the Times


When I saw this old delivery panel truck in a group of old wrecked vehicles I couldn't help but stop to take a picture. There was a time when we'd take its presence for granted as it drove around or sat parked in town. It faces the south so the letters have begun to fade considerably from its exposure to the sun. This is just one example of things no longer used but filled our days one time. I plan to take pictures of as many as I run across: windmills, hip-roofed barns, deserted store fronts, grain elevators, abandoned railroad tracks, horse-drawn machinery, etc. They mean little or nothing to the generation younger than I, but I still enjoy their reminders.