Nothing is permanent or unchanging in this world. Time affects everything and everyone. We don’t pay attention to what changes because it happens slowly, but some changes are really surprising.
Ghosts of Union Station
Steps of the Great Wall of China
One pillowcase has been used nearly every day for 40 years. The other has been in a closet.
These M&M’s have been sitting in there for over 10 years.
Iron Chef Morimoto’s knives. The top one is a new knife. The bottom one shows 3 years of use, sharpening, and cleaning at his restaurant.
This can has been sitting in that cup holder for over 2 years.
Worn steps to the top
This tree is holding up stones from a collapsed wall.
This exterior corner next to the front door of the local bike shop shows significant wear from the last 30 years of customers striking it with their pedals.
A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914.
These are the footprints of a monk made by him praying in the same spot for decades.
Here’s 6 months worth of buildup in a pipe used for a mineral pool spa.
This entire brick wall has been shaped by the sea.
Hands across the generations
Before and after powerwashing. New York used to be a much dirtier city back when the Northeast ran on coal plants.
