Well, you'll get no scolding from me, just Bravo! and Bravo! But I've had that experience of scolding as well; one group admin on flickr ran me out of her flower group for posting such images! No worries; there are many many flower groups!

Just a small nit to pick if you don't mind too awfully much. Since these specimens remind me all too much of what I see in the mirror each morning - although my own image is much less pleasing to behold - I prefer to avoid words like 'dying' or 'dead,' and prefer instead a term like 'declining.' As the poet said, I ain't done ... yet. And as long as these beauties elicit your admiration and mine, they ain't done yet either. To use your terms, they're just old and/or unfortunate, but still somehow lovely to behold whenever we take the time to look. I think that's the spirit of wabi-sabi.

I eventually got round to going out for some new stuff to post in this thread. I got this today. Part of the story is that it's quite close to Aberdeen city centre (but there's no way to convey that in the shot). Derelict buildings on the edge of town aren't as poignant as those close to town or city centres. There's something in us that wants the centre of our universes to be fully functional.

I could have gone for a more desaturated look to add to the look of deterioration but I'd used the WB and Tint sliders plus some split toning to give an overall green/blue colour cast and those colours don't go against the desired look the way that warmer colours would. I also left the lighting on the low side deliberately, and gave it generous amounts of sharpening.
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As you say, it's a theory, and it does describe many of our impulses, to emphasize the decay of human-made objects, and try to revive decaying biological ones. On the other hand, the Japanese have a concept they call wabi-sabi. Originally used in a religious context, wabi denoted the loneliness of living in nature, apart from society, and sabi meant “chill,” “lean” or “withered”. Over time, Japan was influenced by the zen buddhism that was imported from China between the 8th and 12th centuries, and wabi-sabi came to be connected to the Buddha's declaration that all things - natural and human made - are imperfect, impermanent, and essentially interconnected, and that we do best when we learn to embrace this imperfection, impermanence, and the incompleteness we suffer when we don't embrace that interconnection. This developed into an aesthetic, which seeks to display the beauty that is to be found in imperfection and impermanence, and thus to help us learn to embrace it and connect to it, so that eventually we can embrace the imperfection and impermanence of our own lives, and to see the connections that constitute it, and to see beauty there. So they seek to overcome our discomfort with the withered objects of the world by seeing and embracing their beauty, and even emphasizing it in human made objects, and thus connecting to it. So, maybe we tend to emphasize the decay of human-made objects to enhance our connection to these things, while we are already drawn to the beauty of the natural world, and have to learn to embrace the decay to be found there. Another theory.

I live some twenty miles south of Bridgeport Ct. It has the highest population of all the cities in Connecticut, and it is a paradise for urban decay. A short journey up I95 whenever I feel an urge to photograph this sort of thing. While driving around, I spotted the shot tower of the old Remington Arms, and found my way over to it. It has an interesting history, and I am including a couple of links if you want to find out a little about that. When I pulled over to the curb, I had to decide if I even wanted to get out of my vehicle with an expensive camera. I was that impressed by my surroundings. I got over it, and have been back quite a few times thereafter. There are vast neighborhoods where I yearn to venture out and do some street photography, but I am way to wary. So,

#1. Is the shot tower. This one had a better sky than most I have taken.

https://www.hauntedrooms.com/connecticut/haunted-places/remington-arms-bridgeport

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/remington-shot-tower

#2. This cemetery is adjacent to the 73 acres that comprise of The Remington Arms property. The date of the deceased on the right hand side is 1881.

#3. Over on the good side of town.

#4. In the adjacent town of Stratford, is a small parking lot from which you can follow a path into the estuary of the sound. This is unfortunately also a somewhat scary area, based on a conversation I had with a local. I just liked the switchover amongst the weeds along the path.

#5. Also in Stratford is a large area of no longer used buildings. These really appeal to me for the simple colors and geometry. And of course that they have been abandoned.

#6. From another town to the north, Shelton, I have found many interesting sights including some very extensive graffiti art in the railroad tunnels. These buildings seemed worth stopping for.

#7. All I know as to location on this was somewhere in the Catskills. A friend was driving and he was more than happy to pull over when I saw something of interest. Walked around the back side of this structure along a country road. If anything I processed to enhance the surface textures.

#8. When in Vermont I am on the lookout for barns and such. This from a tiny town of Danby, which has all manner of good such subjects.

#9. The Salton Sea. I love this image. It seems to say it all for me. That is, regarding its demise. I include a link for those of you who are not familiar with it. https://www.california.com/what-happened-salton-sea/

#10. Lastly, Bethlehem Steel Company. Acres upon acres of interesting structures long abandoned. Shortly after this picture was taken I met a very nice man from Homeland Security. He said I wasn't supposed to be there.