Just shooting my neighbor's windows again...is that curtain twitching?! Just kidding.
This is an abandoned house that we parked at to shoot the dandelion photos yesterday. I was looking at the home and took several shots of the decay. I liked how the lace curtains beautified this forgotten window. The place was once a home to a family even, as a tire swing sways from and old oak out front.
It belonged to the Howards: Charles and Ruth (as the wooden sign at the front door indicates). I wonder about them, where they are now and why they left their sweet brick home vacant. How I would love to go inside!
Please view large for the detail in the lace and the old paint.
Could be an unfortunate case of foreclosure due to the 2008 "economic crisis". Do you know how long this home has been vacant? I too find great interest in the story behind the photos we see.
How sad to see houses left like this, but they do make superb photographic material, really interesting detail here, in the lace curtains and the flaking paintwork. Fav.
Fantastic find and capture Amanda. There is something creepy and mysterious about it, like something out of a horror movie lol. Love the texture and lighting though =)
@tanja_1211 Total creepieness, there, huh! Maybe I will go back sometime at dusk to creepen it up a bit more. It made me thing of Light in the Attic by Shel Siverstein.
@amandal Definitely creepy, I'm waiting for the curtains to move and a face to pop out lol. Oh I love A light in the attic, well I love all Shel Silverstein books. Would be awesome if the light would actually be on next time you go, maybe you should go in as well ;)
@anazad511 I found an obit online but it was in another place. Maybe for her, though. If so, Ruth died in 2012. Thanks, Ana.
@tanja_1211 oooh, I could have someone go in (if we can get in and it is safe) and have them hold a light up in the window. Rockin'...gotta do that!
@ozziehoffy I wish I wasn't such a chicken. But I had my daughter and there could be bad guys in there. I want to see, though. Maybe I'll stop by with the hubby sometime.
@alia_801 Thanks, Alia. I was so drawn to the curtains and how strange it was that they were so delicate and pretty even despite the circumstances. Appreciate your comments!
@katiebrenkert Crazy find, huh? It's off 22/3 in Maineville. Big field on either side that's good for photos. I liked this in that it was so different from decay I've found in the past with the sweetness of the lace juxtaposed with the peeling paint. Thank you!
@sticksandstones Jenny, how have you gotten into your decayed places? Just tried the door? I wanted to go in but was too chicken and I had my kid along. Must go back with a friend or hubby sometime.
@jodimuli Yipe...I am thinking of going back sometime at dusk with hubby and a flashlight and getting him to shine the light out for a photo if we can get in. Thanks, man!
@emrob Yeah, so glad you liked it. It really spoke to me, too. Thanks, friend:)).
@tanja_1211 oooh, I could have someone go in (if we can get in and it is safe) and have them hold a light up in the window. Rockin'...gotta do that!
@ozziehoffy I wish I wasn't such a chicken. But I had my daughter and there could be bad guys in there. I want to see, though. Maybe I'll stop by with the hubby sometime.
@alia_801 Thanks, Alia. I was so drawn to the curtains and how strange it was that they were so delicate and pretty even despite the circumstances. Appreciate your comments!
@barbsmith It really does.
@archaeofrog Thanks, Katie. I wish I could find out.
@rachelmackenzie Thanks so much, sweet lady!!
@squamloon If only I were braver! Thanks, man!
@happysnap Nuts, huh? Thanks, lady!! This was so different than any decay I'd found before with the delicate lace mixed in.
@sticksandstones Jenny, how have you gotten into your decayed places? Just tried the door? I wanted to go in but was too chicken and I had my kid along. Must go back with a friend or hubby sometime.
@jodimuli Yipe...I am thinking of going back sometime at dusk with hubby and a flashlight and getting him to shine the light out for a photo if we can get in. Thanks, man!
@pflaume Yes, I am a big fan. Never have I had such a pretty window find amidst decay before. Thanks, Lisa!
@fullcircle Thanks, Miss Cindy!!
@rachelwithey I loved the contrast of them. Thanks, lady!!
@colie Thanks, Colie. I wonder who won the ETSOOI challenge? I am thinking yours or the padded wall shot.
@annbo I know. It was obviously very loved. So strange that they even left the name placard by the door. Maybe they died.:(
@httpgeffed Me, too. Especially when I find different stuff like this contrast.
I want to go in!!
@paulavdmerwe Thanks so much, Paula!!
@kwind Thank you, Kim!
@wendyhgill And I want to know it. Sharpening images helps with the details, I find sometimes. Thanks, lady!
@kalexa Thanks so much, Kalexa!