Yes, but mostly on the north side.  As you see from the picture, most of the moss here is on the north side, and there's a little bit on the east side.  It has to do with how much of the day the surface in question is in the shade.  At this latitude, anything on the north side of something is in the shade all the time.  Of course if there's something under a tree, it gets a lot of shade, as well.  That's how you can find your way in the woods.  Check to see where the moss is thickest.  Unless you're in a termperate rain forest, in which case you're screwed!  :)

I just love those old mossy stones. I often take a walk in our small graveyards, but mostly people scrub the moss away, that's a pity. Beautiful shots, both of them!

Interesting that at the top of the stone is a skeleton head, was the captain perhaps a pirate?

Great find for the forum challenge!

: ) 

By way of answer to the previous post by LovelyPoetess, apparently, the skull was a common engraving used by stone cutters on tombstones in the early 18th century...at least in Colonial America (almost said US...got to keep my facts straight). There were both privateers and pirates sailing the Atlantic off the east coast near here but Capt Mulford wasn't one of them...they'd never have let him be buried in this old churchyard. Most famous privateer near here was Capt. Kidd. He buried treasure all around this locale. Some has been found...some not. The local leader, Lord Lion Gardiner, and the Governor complained to the King of England that Kidd was not turning his share of the profits over to them...the King declared Kidd a pirate and in 1699, the British Navy captured and hung him. Gardiner, the Governor and the King got Kidd's money. Just a little treachery among respectable thieves.

Bill :-)

Thanks for that bit of history lesson  : ) 

Quote - An old cotton mill now divided into different units, this side just left to rot.

Keep em coming folks theres some great pics on here and still out there.

nice one Jeff, they are all fantastic pieces of work!

J:woot:e

These last three are just incredible, so much beauty.
My comment to L8RDAZE for his latest seems to have fallen away. I find it awesome!!

More great stuff!  I'm really enjoying this challenge.  Great idea!

Great captures on old buildings and boats. Y'all are equipped with good eyes for detail.

Got a question on the forum techies though, why is it when I go to the photography forum page and click forum challenge I still get this page from June? (below)  I get it both on my home and work computer.  I have to click the small listing for forum challenge under the main header to get to the current challenge. 

Any ideas?

Posted Mon, Jun 30, 2008 2:29 pm
This month get HOT with some FIRE and then CHILL with some **ICE

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                              "Welcome to my humble abode."

*( I couldn't resist adding some bones to make it a little more "seasonal" ) *    :o)

I am simply amazed at the captures here!  I love each of the perspectives and each has a tale to tell.  Fabulous challenge this month.

Ejn,   3 gorgeous scenes you posted, I like them so much.

HEHE, OldHippieKeyboard. I like it :)

L8rdaze, Beautiful old ruin. I like old brick walls and so.

Alan, the old house it very charming.

Tara, so many thombstones are really beautiful even they are very old with patina. This one too.

Started off seeing the sepia barn for shazza, and now I have lost track, but remember the staggering images thus far, aAan great tomb along with tara Old hip keyboard ROFLMAO!

Here's my own quote here :)

In life we have some confusing issues, but who can solve them?, most of the famous detectives are fictional, and in stark reality, the real ones do not have the faintest idea.

This is going along beautifully ... FANTASTIC ENTRIES here !!!  Love 'em all ... ejn .. such classy shots!  :)  Love the skeleton Olehippy!  LOL  and the ancient tombstone .. skull engraved; how INTERESTING! .. and the shrooms .. awesome stuff.

As for the old link ... we'll have to get that fixed!!  Thank you **LovelyPoetess!  :)

**shazza  lol

Wow, great find Ronnie!

Thanks Shazza, had it been bigger, I'd have re-attatched it to the wall to have a practice :)...back to work for me now lunchbreak is over :(

OK! I have decided to join the party so to speak!!!
This past weekend I have captured this dilapidated pair of shoes, yet they gracefully fulfill their duty as planters..... straight face

Am I pushing my luck here???

Hugs, Carin :)

ps - Stunning images from  all of you!!!

OH yes, Carin .. This is great. How original but beautiful. :)

This looks really beautiful and the composition is perfect.. Lovely old Arch.

Hehe, instead of growing children, the shoes are growing plants. The baseball thingy is great too.

LOL Carin :) How funny is this :):):):):), poor Bruce, he's been there five minutes and you planted flowers in his boots, ROFLMAO!...Just kidding sweetie....Great capture that does belong here so you aint pushin ya luck!

Nikolais, this is a wonderful shot, I like the textures in the archway :)

Oh Gosh, I love those planters!!!!   :) :) :)  I have turned over buckets and baskets in my garden; with flowers spewing out from them ..  oh wait, those are bruce's boots?  Wow, he must take some long naps!  ;)   lol  

Great archway Nickolais... !  :)

I wondered where I had left my boots ??????

lol... Glad I could bring some giggles with Bruce's boots. Must say - he gave them up very reluctantly... straight face

Carin, it's a most creative and ecological way of using old shoes. Guess I am going to make a winter garden of my old ones.

Carin, it's a most creative and ecological way of using old shoes. Guess I am going to make a winter garden of my old ones.

Here is my second attempt at the crown!!! I loved this dilapidated old windmill close to where Bruce and I stayed at our bush hide-away. I am not so sure about the graceful, but it sure did some serious pumping in it's lifetime!!!

Have a super weekend all.

Hugs, Carin XX

Nice one Carin, here's my last entry :)

It's a shame when they leave them leaning over like this, the cemetery staff could quite easily rectify it.  Ours have started laying them down flat now if they start to lean like this.  Health and safety, someone might get hurt, I didn't know dead people could get hurt.

I went to a graveyard on Wednesday Ronnie, but there was a large padlock on the gate and I couldn't get in, there was some good stones in there that would have done well in this challenge.  I'm not sure if the lock was to keep us out or if it was just on for Holloween to keep them in. Lol.

LOL Jeff, they'll get out anyway eh?, just pass straight through the railings :)

I keep coming back to take a look at whats new,  they are all brilliant, Carins boots brought a smile ! 

I saw this at Walsdenon the Lancashire/Yorkshire border near to Littlborough, Jeff knows where that is lol.     in the grounds of an old run down Mill.   Looks like the last people to occupy the mill for business left everything lol.

Keep em coming,    I'll be back!  ........Alan

The old Ernest Robert Foden, this was the first truck I learned to drive at the age of 15, when I worked for NCL...(National carriers ltd)as a van boy, the driver John, used to let me have a go on the quiet road between transit sheds...Memories like the corners of my mind, as the song goes...Nice one Al :)

What a lot of wonderful stuff!  I've been looking regularly ... :)

Excellent capture Ralph :))

For you who know a little about me, will know that I have been spending time at really old ruins and stuff lately and that it is influencing my style and work very much. I see things in a new (old) light while I have fun.

My entry is an old house, the main unit probably built between 1860 and 1930 and I planned to use it as a weekend getaway where one could make coffee and a fire and sleep over, close to the bush. In this house one can hear the breathing of a time before dilapidation set in... Babies born and people died. Some of you may even know who is on the photograph hanging there.

Anyway, let me stop the mushy stuff and congratulate you Shari, these forums are a lot of fun and you handle them well looking at the number of entries and the comments.

I like this Piet,   and a wonderful narative to go with it.  A fabulous POV looking through the doorway towards the window in the next room.  And the picture on the wall just gives it more atmosphere, brilliant!

Oh and at first sight it reminded me of an old Led Zepelin album cover !   It was the one with 'Stairway to heaven' as the last track.  forgive me if this all means nothing to you lol.

Ralph, another great capture
Piet this is wonderful :)