Well I’ve been warned…don’t mix your genre…people won’t take you serious; you need to specialize if you want people to remember your name.   You want them to think of you when they want a certain type of photography.  So I’ve been told.  So you’ll have to just forgive me since you already know about the dogs and horses and occaisional mysterious kitty…now here’s the third.  Landscapes.  Well seascapes too.  But let’s lump them together.  Three sounds so much neater than four.  That’s my story and I’m stickin to it.

Ummmm…do broken down old houses fit into the category of landscapes?  Let’s say that they do.  Thanks. 

I really consider the following old a house a rare find.  Unfortunately, it was really in a terrible state of decay but had obviously been lovely…say maybe 150 years ago?  It stood at the top of small hill with a winding lane up to it.  The entrance was guarded by two very old maple trees, obviously once planted with care and an eye to a frame for the house from the road. 

 The sky was very co-operative with dramatic and grand gestures of emphasis over the crumbling ruin.   I climbed the hill and was met with a view of the sea and fields that surrounded this once upon a time cherished house.  A local farmer was making use of the fertile ground and you could see that last year’s planting had been corn with well picked ears fallen from the crop gathering,  all around; winters birds kept well fed no doubt.

 I wonder if someone said their good-byes before this place was abandonned.  So many old homes in the rural areas left to the elements….sometimes a case of family disputes; sometimes a case of no one left who cared.