Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Return to the Jonah Schoolhouse

I went back out to the Jonah Schoolhouse today, to look around. All that dried and dessicated corn has been harvested and the stalks plowed under, and that revealed a little abandoned house across the field behind the school.

Here's a closer shot. It's a shame that these old houses have fallen into such disrepair. There are many of them in the area, some, over a hundred years old.

Driving past the little house, I noticed something strange...

...a couple of buzzards on the roof. I wonder what they were watching.

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  1. Those buzzards were clearly waiting for some old witch to happen by. :)

    Although the house is more than a few steps beyond a fixer-upper, I can envision a lovely stone fireplace between the 2 awninged windows and rustic wood floors with a colorful rag mat in front. The kitchen would have cupboards without doors (or maybe a sideboard)and a white cast iron sink.

    I wonder what memories those walls hold?

    Care to take a jaunt back and ask those buzzards?

    :)

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  2. There are still blinds on the windows. Do you think the sad little house is furnished?

    Actually, that would do me just fine.

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  3. It would do me, too, about 20 years ago. Before it got quite so bad.

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  4. I can hear the real estate agent saying "your a few steps short of paradise in this cozy fixer-upper"

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  5. Looks like they are having a peaceful Texas day.

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