The Eyes of the Beholder

I always find the beauty in the old architecture exposed, the decaying doors with peeling paint, the bricks behind the crumbling stucco.

Venice, Italy Copyright Mary Penza Photography

Old blue doors in Venice Italy Copyright Mary Penza Photography

Old Mill Gears Copyright Mary Penza Photography

I am attracted to old industrial mill buildings, steel girders and huge factory windows.

Old Venice Italy Copyright Mary Penza Photography

A dead Rose of Sharon is the receptacle for snow in Winter Copyright Mary Penza Photography

I see as much the beauty in the dead winter flower heads as the previously colorful flowers they once were.

It was once a colorful flower of Summer faded to Fall muted colors Copyright Mary Penza Photography