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Vicksburg Hospital 8/8
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Look at the corbels over the windows, at the detailing on the soffits. We don't bother to build things this way anymore in a small town. Everything is utilitarian—and plastic. -
Vicksburg Hospital 7/8
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The rear entrance. Who knows what happiness or desperation passed through these doors over the years? -
Vicksburg Hospital 5/8
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This view reminds me of something out of an old west ghost town. -
Vicksburg Hospital 6/8
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I always love finding architectural details like this on old buildings. This one looks like it's weeping. Perhaps it knew what was to come. -
Vicksburg Hospital 1/8
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At one point this was a solid, glorious building, but it fell into neglect after the new hospital building was built. People lose interest in their old toy after they get a new one. -
Vicksburg Hospital 4/8
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At one point it was converted into apartments. People used to live here. -
Vicksburg Hospital 3/8
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Even in its latter days, it still had some style. Look at the cornices over the windows. -
Vicksburg Hospital 2/8
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As always, when a building is pressed into a different service than the one it was designed for, strange, clumisily built additions start to appear. -
blue wall
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An image from a trip to the old hospital before they finally tore it down. Why blue? And what was that nail for? What was it holding up? -
brick wall with wires
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We generally think of bricks as being incredibly uniform—nobody wants to be just another brick in the wall. But these bricks are anything but uniform.
And what's with the wires? Where do they begin? Where do they end? Why is there a loop? -
Compound umbel of Daucus carota
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Daucus carota (Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace) has a compound umbel. This can be seen easier by observing the bottom of the inflorescence. -
Compound umbel of Daucus carota
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Daucus carota (Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace) has a compound umbel. This is the upper view. -
Oxalis europaea
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The upright seed pods of Oxalis europaea. -
Oxalis europaea
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A single bloom and the deeply lobed leaves of Oxalis europaea. -
Oxalis europaea
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A single specimen of Oxalis europaea. -
Oxalis europaea
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A patch of Oxalis europaea growing in an untended flower bed. -
Oxalis europaea
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Oxalis europaea growing in the clefts between concrete blocks in a decorative wall. -
Berteroa incana
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The deeply cleft petals are characteristic of Berteroa incana. -
Berteroa incana
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Like most members of the Brassicaceae, flowers of Berteroa incana begin blooming at the bottom of the raceme, followed by seed pods. -
Krigia virginica
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