And why not, indeed? We all too often ignore the obvious because it is so obvious . . . until it's gone and we search our brains wondering where it went. I call my camera "my third eye" because I see more when I carry it, and it remembers for me.
They speak to me of time. Every item in this image was at one time new. The paint could have restored some life at one point, but alas it no longer can. Great image!