Desolation turned into oddly beautiful patterns and shapes

Thanks, Sarah.

Features of this wall have a familiar look. My eye is drawn to the microwave and to all the cracks and crevices and markings on the ground.

I think things like that are more noticeable in the suburbs, Jean. The buildings are spiffier than the ones downtown, on the whole, and there's more space, fewer people, and consequently less garbage and litter. You notice the deviations from the suburban ideal pretty easily.

Superb shot! Stay well!

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Thanks, William.

Great minimalism and urban desert capture.

Thanks, George. Am interesting idea about the urban desert. Downtown would be the urban jungle. Anyway, suburbs are deserted. In Toronto I couldn't walk a block without meeting people, but here I can walk for several blocks without meeting anyone. As I did on Sunday when I took this.

This is the sort of area that I know exists, but has nothing for me - a sort of existential desert. Doors that won't open, an abandoned microwave. Other people were, even are, there, but they might as well have been on a different planet. There is no shelter here.

Sorry. I have a very low boredom threshold, and places like this trigger some sort of anxiety. You've done about all there is to do here - take its picture and hurry on.

Might this be even more desolate in b&w?

It's backstage, Bob. The population density is so low in the burbs that any litter or seems like a desecration of the utilitarian buildings. Downtown it's just a natural part of the environment.

Having got into the yard without being seen, the microwave oven just has to figure out how to get over the wall to freedom.......................

It may get a hand, Keith. People cruise these alleys looking for things they can liberate.