“No matter what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home.
No matter how you lived ~ well or poorly.”
~Joseph Brodsky
The Old House
A never used old tractor, a vintage truck, and a rusted horseshoe on the fence post.
The Outbuilding/Garage ~ Note NO TRESPASSING SIGN
The Horseshoe and Front Porch in 2013
It doesn’t look like much has changed in 2 1/2 years.
This is an old homeplace about a mile from our house. The property is still in the family and no one is allowed behind the fence and the No Trespassing sign. Back in 2013, they were still using the house to store the hay bales for their cows, but yesterday there appeared to be nothing inside though the old swing is still hanging there on the front porch.
“No matter what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home.
No matter how you lived ~ well or poorly.”
~Joseph Brodsky
It doesn’t look like much has changed in 2 1/2 years.
This is an old homeplace about a mile from our house. The property is still in the family and no one is allowed behind the fence and the No Trespassing sign. Back in 2013, they were still using the house to store the hay bales for their cows, but yesterday there appeared to be nothing inside though the old swing is still hanging there on the front porch.
“No matter what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home.
No matter how you lived ~ well or poorly.”
~Joseph Brodsky
The first three pictures were taken with a Canon PowerShot D20 on January 14, 12016
The last picture was taken back on November 11, 2013, with my iPhone 4S.
...sad, if a home looks like this, but in the mind of the original owners it might be still like in the earlier circumstances!
ReplyDeleteHerzlich P.
I love the old stuff! The truck is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThere is such poignancy about abandoned homes, especially farms. We want to know the story and know it has to be a sad one. Your pictures are evocative and almost tell that story!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos, it is such a shame that homes are left to the elements.
ReplyDeleteYvonne
poor old house...looks so lonely :(
ReplyDeleteI love this stuff! The truck's detail is a bit hard to see, but looks to a '34 Ford or so.
ReplyDeleteHi Genie, Love your composition and subjects of todays post. Your old house could go with the old barn I posted today. You might need to check the setting on your camera. Looks like your photos are a bit overexposed. You could try bracketing your exposures.
ReplyDeleteBracketing exposures is just shooting one with more exposure and another with less exposure than the meter tells you. For example if you shoot a picture at f11 @ 125th of a second, then try also shooting one at f8 @ 125th, and one at f16 @ 125th. Or you can increase or decrease your shutter speed. That's bracketing. Then pick the exposure you like best. With digital photography it doesn't matter how many pictures we shoot. They are all free. Just delete the ones you don't like. Some times light meters that control the camera gets confused by reflections, or intense light so you can experiment with exposures to get the best one.
DeleteI know a number of people who would love to put that Model A truck back on the road. It is a beauty.
DeleteOh, Genie, I love these. It sort of hurts my heart to see a place like this abandoned, know that sometime back in time it was somebody's pride and joy. I would love to have seen it when it had a family.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to leave the properties neglected.
ReplyDeleteI like how you composed the last photo. I am surprised to see the old relics rusting away there.
ReplyDeleteHi Genie
ReplyDeleteWhat great pictures, I love these old houses, though I find it a pity that everything completely collapses.
Greetings Sadie
Sad, there seems nobody there anymore, it will decline soon I am afraid.
ReplyDeletei love the old truck & the horse shoe on the fence. we have 2 states to get to before we are all finished with the USA, Alaska & Hawaii. Then we need to start on the overseas countries. not very sure with how that kind of traveling is right now though. we will see??! fun, fun, fun!!! ( :
ReplyDeleteI really like old stuff like this and wish I knew where to find more of it here! These are great photo ops!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, we have nothing like this where I live.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder what stories these places could tell - all that work and effort slowing falling down to ruin.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne