This is an abandoned home near Buies Creek, North Carolina. The detritus of children's toys and belongings was scattered everywhere at the site… in every room… in every tumbledown structure on the grounds…

This is a picture of my parents with me as baby, c.1963 Portrait Drawing of Nancy and David, Fifty Years Later Completed January 2019, by D. Denise Dianaty Nancy and David – married 21 July 1961. Their

This is my Monday Missions Entry for the @qurator mission to "photograph six things that start with the letter P and create a post about it…" and "to specify what the letter P thing is with

I took my 16-year old out for some driving practice and to find some rural abandoned spaces to photograph. We hit the jackpot near Buies Creek when we were leaving Campbell University, approaching Oak

"The Fighting Camels" – #Monomad Challenge Campbell University, in Buies Creek, North Carolina, has a fairly unique mascot immortalized in the bronze sculpture standing proudly at the front of

I took the image below on one of those uniquely bright frigid winter's sunny days. I was rather pleased with the extreme perspective. This is my entry for the #monomad challenge from @monochromes. I know

On a particularly bright, early Spring day, my son and I were on route to some rural abandoned sites to photograph. Most of these places are simply abandoned, usually in favor of newer structures. This

I graduated with a Bachelor's in fashion design in 1989. My favorite part of design, and in which I still engage, is realizing the concepts in my fashion illustration drawings. Below is an original concept

This is the true story of my personal journey of love in poetry. Broken Dreams Before There Was Love - 1989 – From the last relationship before my husband I dreamed a dream… A life where I was happy. I

An acrostic poem and true story of my own romance with the man who became my husband twenty-eight years ago – My #Valentine's submission to the @qurator #contest. My forever Valentine   You will always

No rest for the weary of heart Struggling to see beyond the now To a place looking outward and up A heart looking forward, not back Finding strength to keep onward Forging a key to the gate of the future

I used a painting technique with colored inks, c. 1990-95, by D. Denise Dianaty. I created this one glossy print paper (The paper was actually waste cuts from a magazine print run). I don't recall the

A pencil drawing of a young girl, created c.2004, by D. Denise Dianaty. I created the image from my own imagination as a visualization of a character in a story being written by a friend of mine.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT: Amelia Dyer killed 400 or more mostly illegitimate babies between 1880 and 1896. She was paid — a practice called “baby farming” — to take the children, usually with the understanding

The Plagiarist A collaborative poem on the poison of plagiarism by, MomzillaNC, Jordan, KLGoode, Ploughboy, Sindu, and Frieda P., from the WritersCafe.org forum for writing creatives. The soulless stealing

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge for #MonocrhomeMonday with #ColorSplash edits. Color splash edits made 27 January 2020. Original photo taken near Angier, NC, 23 December 2016, by D. Denise

I was on a shoot one December morning, photographing an abandoned farmhouse, in front of which grew this tree with a cactus growing out of the living tree in a symbiotic existence. It made a perfect

This picture was taken moments after a heavy rainfall had stopped. The way the beams of sunlight stream through the clouds, it is as if heaven is smiling upon the scene. I like #monchromes, especially

I love getting up close to animals to photograph them. Most creatures are too skittish to let you get a good shot. But, farm animals seem willing and ready to stride the catwalk for you – LOL. These pictures