Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Let's get tanked

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Port Stanley, ON
May 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram


According to conventional wisdom, an old petroleum storage tank isn’t usually something worthy of a second look, much less a first photo.

But if you’ve followed my feed for long enough, you’ve doubtless noticed I’m hardly conventional. Which leads us to this scene, tucked away, largely ignored, at the edge of a popular beach.

As this is a working port, with fishing vessels coming and going almost constantly, it makes sense that these giant structures would be here. There used to be three such tanks, with a sea-themed mural splashed across the corrugated steel.

Eventually the murals faded, and were painted over with a sobering black. Certainly less festive, but still worthy of a second look.

Because conventional wisdom isn’t always the wisdom we were destined to follow.

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