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Friday, June 3, 2016

The spooky house...

Every time grandson Cameron drives by an old abandoned house, he calls it a "spooky" house. Well, there's an old abandoned farm house on the road towards the park and we've driven by it several times while Cameron has been here.

He said that he wanted to see the inside, so yesterday, we stopped by for a visit!

It's pretty dilapidated though, so we couldn't go inside. Looks like the whole thing  could come tumbling down!

I always thought you could make a coffee table book of old abandoned farm houses.

Somebody missing a boot?

Yep...it's pretty much time for the wrecking ball!

The little blue car, with Sadie, Lindsey, and Cameron.

Meanwhile, our son Alex has been off exploring too! He's got the travel bug just like the rest of the family, and he's currently on a two week trip to Iceland and Norway.

Our son Alex, in Iceland.

Hopefully when he returns to Canada he'll put together a guest post for us all. We've been to Iceland, and it's got to be on of the most photogenic countries in the world. Amazing scenery!

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16 comments:

  1. Monica and KentJune 3, 2016 at 11:03 AM

    I always loved going to explore the "A-Bays" as we called the abandoned farms ... Many stories. I'm with Cameron, they are spooky!!!

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 9:53 AM

      There are definitely a lot of these "spooky" abandoned farms all around Saskatchewan. People could have a field day here with them.

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  2. Peter KouwenhovenJune 3, 2016 at 11:17 AM

    That old boot would look great with a geranium growing in it...

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 9:54 AM

      When Lindsey told me about the old boot, I said they should have brought it back to the park and I would have planted flowers in it! :-)

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  3. Elspeth ReadJune 3, 2016 at 2:18 PM

    There are about 20 framed pictures in our hallway of abandoned farm houses that have been drawn in pencil from the Ottawa valley and Quebec.

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 9:56 AM

      I remember seeing pictures in your hallway but never really noticed that they were of abandoned farm houses. Guess we will have to pay more attention next time we are there.

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  4. Chuck and Anneke's RV travelsJune 3, 2016 at 3:03 PM

    I enjoy photographing old country abanodn homes, but never go inside since I had a unforuntate run in with a snake who apparently thought it was only for its use.

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 9:58 AM

      Yes, when you go in you never know what you may encounter!

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  5. Creigh GordonJune 3, 2016 at 5:28 PM

    One of the other blogs I follow is Cities of Dust, which posts pictures and a little history of abandoned buildings and ghost towns in New Mexico.

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 10:04 AM

      Sounds like a cool blog. We love seeing old abandoned buildings and ghost towns. Our best yet was in Namibia. www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/2013/12/the-diamond-mining-ghost-town-of.html

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  6. living.boondockingmexicoJune 3, 2016 at 10:51 PM

    Your header picture is spooky! Looks like that house has been around for a long time seeing the lath and plaster.

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 10:18 AM

      I would expect that it is one of the original settlers' houses from the early 1900's.

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  7. our awesome travelsJune 4, 2016 at 6:40 AM

    Love exploring old desert houses and barns make you wonderful what happened there.

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    1. RuthJune 4, 2016 at 10:24 AM

      Yes it would be neat to know some of the stories that house could tell!

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  8. The Furry GnomeJune 5, 2016 at 10:00 PM

    We had a fabulous time in Iceland.

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