...two to four days of the work week ....i drive from the southwest end of the county to the northeast end of the county....
Along the way i pass many, many houses and barns that have been abandoned or new ones have been built and the old has just been left to weather......
Along the way i pass many, many houses and barns that have been abandoned or new ones have been built and the old has just been left to weather......Have you ever pondered the history of these structures....
The families and livestock they protected from the the rains, the snows, the heat.....
or the hours spend on the front porches watching the children play in the fields...
..... the children and baby animals that grew up in these dwellings.....
The laughter and the tears these buildings have seen.....
If walls could talk.......
I have a friend that did some research into the mountain people. The National Park Service moved a lot of those people off their land in the 30s to build the Blue Ridge Parkway. What they did is not widely known. It was pretty tragic what they did to people that had lived in the mountains for generations.
ReplyDeleteis that one on Hwy421? I think I recognize it.
ReplyDeleteI love "inventing" these stories in my mind...when passing such rich history...makes me grateful that I didnot have to live in that era..hard hard work for women folk...in my opinion...thx for sharing the pic!
ReplyDeleteYes, living where we do, I often ponder about who lived in the abandoned homes. It's such a tradegy that there are so many in our area. It means the small farms have been bought up by the big ones.
ReplyDeleteLove the abandoned home. So sad that it is not occupied and in good repair anymore. And I LOVE your new fabrics = can't wait to see what you make.
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Oh yes, since a child I have been giving places like these a "story"!
ReplyDeleteThey are so sad looking aren't they. I guess no matter where you go there are some abandoned old homes and out buildings. Over the years of traveling back and forth to my grandparents farm we were even treated to the sight of one or two of them being renovated.
ReplyDeleteFor real. If only walls could talk. I hope you are having a lovely day!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are very busy!
my debbie wants to refurbish on to live in it
ReplyDeleteOh, I love road trips that take me on those old country roads that have the old houses still standing and i do always wonder about the people who lived there.
ReplyDeleteAbandoned houses are so depressing we have many in the Scottish highlands that were abanoned in the Highland Clearences wall still stand to this day. Love Joan.
ReplyDeleteI love that photo. I was a bit shocked when first seeing it because my first husband grew up in a house built just like that in Oregon. It is no longer standing but looked about like that when I last saw it many years ago..... Amazing
ReplyDeleteI love this entry, the house and the words. I once wrote a poem about a house in our area using my imagination of who lived there and what they did. Then a while ago I went to a historical meeting at my old hometown and a man had painted a picture of that very house.
ReplyDeleteMy mother-in-laws family decided that they needed a home near the main road and so built one and then abandoned their old house. In later years the children removed any valuable woodwork in the old house (one daughter has the fireplace surround in her house). It was still standing when I saw it about 20 years ago but not sound enough to get to the second floor. Don't know the condition now.
ReplyDeleteWe live in the Piedmont of NC and love to go up for a day on the Blue Ridge. I have picked out many a hill and said that I would love to have a house up there and be snowed in. I know it must be beautiful. We went about a month ago up to Mt. Airy and onto the Parkway over to the Meadows of Dan and back home. That is a beautiful ride.
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