Antique obsession!

When I started walking around my neighborhood back home in Los Angeles I started noticing old trucks and became obsessed with taking pictures of them. Back home they were usually in almost new condition and the paint usually looked brand new. I have always enjoyed seeing them show their age and yesterday on my trip to Gila National Monument my excitement was in overdrive. 

I not only got to see old abandoned trucks but also tractors, barns and buildings. To me I always daydream of what happened in them back when they were in use. The stories they could tell if it were possible. But the beauty of it all now is that I can dream up way out stories and no one can tell me they aren't true!

This old farmhouse has so much character in her wrinkles. I picture a young boy running out of that front door, jumping off of that porch in his loose pants being held up by suspenders holding a stick to whack the grass blades as if he were holding a sword. His little sister right behind him in her semi tattered dress and her bonnet wanting to join him but unable to catch up!

The old trusted tractor holding on for one more season,

The livestock barn showing its age,

The old farmers delivery trucks always ready to drive into town,

Dandelion out in the barn wanting to come out and play in the pasture,

The Bluebirds nest house up by the road will soon need a new post because the current one is threatening to come down in the next windstorm,

Driving down the old highway 35, passing old man Johnsons place you can see some more old trucks left right where they last stopped many years before. 

You go around a bend and come up on Miss Millie's place and across the road in the distance you catch a glimpse of old man Simons place. 

He runs a range on his land. 

Next door to him is a huge spread that will become famous one day!

Suddenly I get brought back to reality when my friends Hal and Ann yell "watch out" and in front of me I see this!

I love daydreaming and wondering what life was like back in the past but always looking forward to my next dream. I hope the dreaming never stops!