This little farm is a stone’s throw from here. Its family of many years has grown up, grown older and grown away. Holding on to the place is no longer a reasonable option for the next generation. I asked permission to take photos a while back and today I spent an hour walking the land. It’s easy to imagine a simpler time when carriages rode up and down the long drive, livestock occupied the barnyard and the blacksmith was an occasional visitor. It’s clear the place was loved. My hope is that someone will love it again, just as it was before.
OH. MY. GOSH! What an awesome place. Almost reminds me of the place I'm in but with more outbuildings. Isn't it interesting that you can feel that someone loved it once? That's how it feels here. A lot of people loved this place. It's been here since 1769.
this is totally my kind of place….you know me well !
oh how i wish i could have been there with you….we would have had such a good time….and since you had permission, no police !!!
I love it. I wish I could come love it back into shape. All that stuff could be sold for a mint. Love that rusty urn and the cow weathervane.
What a gorgeous old home place! I hope it gets lots of TLC from someone!
Love your header–especially that glowing jack-o-lantern–very eerie!
What a wonderful place. The house is very much like mine in structure. I hope it becomes occupied very soon and they love it as much as it obviously was of times past.
I will take old over new any day!
I got an old garden gate today! Sitting in a driveway, waiting for trash pick-up 🙁
But, now it is mine!!!!!
xo, misha
Lovely photo essay!
What a beautiful place. I do hope sombody who loves it will find it and live happily ever after.
Gorgeous photos Karen! What a lovely day you must have had walking about that place…it certainly is beautiful. I do hope it is bought and cared for by a loving family…and one with lots of money too by the looks of things:)
Gosh I love your photos so much.
You live in such a gorgeous area!
This brought tears – reminds me so much of my grandmother's place before it finally had to be taken down. LOVE your photo's and hope you're doing well. 🙂
It's almost sadder when an old house dies than when a person dies. A person has the choice of spending eternity with God but an old house just dies a bit more every day. Loved the pictures and post, even in its sadness.
what a beautiful place this was and will hopefully someday be again…oh those horseshoes…i bet you can make something with those!
I adore older homes having lived in one for 20 years. I had to give it up as I couldn't love it and give it what it needed. (I haven't given up on my kids though!) Thanks for visiting my blog and your great comments.
PS – I love your blog. Can I steal your "Save the earth" button for my blog? We must spread the word!
We see many old homes in our travels around Nova Scotia, and I want to save every one of them I see. It's so sad to see them neglected. Love the house and the stone fence!
Darlin, Have you ever considered a job in photography? You have an amazing camera eye. And I hope you know me well enough to understand that I don't just say things like this to make pleasant conversation.
Eerily beautiful. Wish it could talk, what wondrous stories it would tell.