Pages

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Rural Thursday Blog Hop # 3


This lonely little house sits all alone in Catawba Valley. I don't know the story of this little place but it appears to be deserted. I'm always drawn to it when driving by and always have to get a photo of it and I'm sure I've shown a picture of it on this blog before. I wonder how a home just becomes this way. Who just up and leaves?

Linking to Rural Thursday Blog Hop....go rural and unwind some!



27 comments:

  1. I used to wonder how a place could wind up empty, too, but now I know. The old folks pass away, and the young people already have their own homes established. The place had probably already run down and the next generation had neither the funds nor the will to fix it back up, nor did they have the desire to sell the old homeplace. So there it sits.

    It is sad, but I feel sure that is the way it often happens.

    ReplyDelete
  2. i'm sure you're correct....i actually prefer that than seeing it sold and made into another boring subdivision. these old places have stories to tell!

    ReplyDelete
  3. You should walk over for a closer look. It might be gone before you know it.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I bet there are a lot of photo opps inside the house...hint..hint.....and ghosts..

    ReplyDelete
  5. I always wonder about homes like this too..... Great shot.

    ReplyDelete
  6. p.s. meant to say.... I love your header-photo too!!! =)

    ReplyDelete
  7. i always wonder about homes like this...

    great shot! great focus!

    ReplyDelete
  8. There are so many little homes like that around. I always wonder about the families who lived there.

    Thanks for linking up today!

    ReplyDelete
  9. I've been past this same house a couple of years ago and took it's portrait as well. That particular road is ridden with old barns and houses that have certainly seen their better days. Out with the old, in with the new I guess you could say. Sad.

    ReplyDelete
  10. ha jim, no way! the ghosts wouldn't scare me but the thought of what critters are crawling around inside would!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Love the two doors -- wonder if it was a duplex?

    ReplyDelete
  12. Oh, this could be such a beauty!

    ReplyDelete
  13. LOL...I posted an old abandoned house yesterday on my blog!!!
    It does make you wonder what the story is behind them...so sad to see them sitting there all alone!

    ReplyDelete
  14. I always wonder how anyone can AFFORD to just up & leave! How's it possible?! There's no way I could leave my house

    ReplyDelete
  15. Very good black and white photo.

    Regards and best wishes

    ReplyDelete
  16. I always wonder about the stories that could be told if walls could talk. Abandoned houses, old barns and homesteads, what was life like back in the day?

    I also like your Yellow, Green, Red picture from earlier this week.

    ReplyDelete
  17. It's so beautiful. Looks like an old train station. Have a nice week. Greetings from Romania.

    ReplyDelete
  18. There is still a tiny bit of elegance and pride left in that house. It could use a lot of TLC.

    ReplyDelete
  19. That house looks like it has a wonderful story to tell.
    I love the pictures of the buildings and houses on your blog. They are beautifully intriguing.

    I enjoyed my look around.

    Pat

    ReplyDelete
  20. This is so perfect in black and white.

    ReplyDelete
  21. It is always sad to see what had been a home fall into such shape. This is a marvelous monochrome photo.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Great shot. Such a cute little house.

    ReplyDelete
  23. That house is gorgeous. It drives me crazy when people abandon those old houses. I blogged about it recently. I think it's because the upkeep on those houses is so hard. They're very difficult to heat. And many people who own them are poor farmers. So they let them fall into disrepair because they don't have the money or the energy to keep up with them. When the houses finally get to the point of no return, they abandon them and build a brick ranch house next door or put up a doublewide. It kills me because I love them so much.

    ReplyDelete
  24. When I see places like this I always think: Who owns it now. What are doing, just letting this place rot. Of course, we don't know people's circumstances but I always wonder why it's in its present condition.

    ReplyDelete
  25. I love this shot. These abandoned places always fascinate me!

    ReplyDelete
  26. That house is so quaint. It is a keeper thanks for taking it. For Show and tell it here.

    Lovely take.

    ReplyDelete

Hi! I'm so happy you've stopped by and always enjoy your comments :)