So he huffed, and he puffed,
and he huffed, and he puffed,
and he huffed and he puffed and he blew the place down
Maybe the Big Bad Wolf was in the area?
Despite the look of this place, it was still upright. Being so close to the roadside, perhaps it was a traffic casualty vs. a wolf's huffing and puffing that caused the collapse.
It looked like a total loss that a good wind gust or storm might take down quite easily.
This isn't the first (and not the last) time we've seen buildings in this condition, and sure many of you have too. When we lived in VA and drove back roads, the number of abandoned homes or falling-down homes was always sad to see. The road shots above were taken someplace in New England, not sure where. They are a bit fuzzy the result of being taken from a moving car as there was no safe pull-over; we didn't want to risk ending up collapsed ourselves.
Now a backstory on the quoted lines: Most folks know The Three Little Pigs nursery rhyme about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A "Big Bad Wolf" blows down the first two houses, made of straw and sticks, but fails to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks. It was first published in 1886 in The Nursery Rhymes of England by James Halliwell-Phillipps
Friends, a special request to keep fellow bloggers, Rita and Mildred, mentioned in an earlier post, in your thoughts and prayers. They will appreciate your kindness and support.
Enjoy Your Weekend, Everyone.
Nothing special planned here in NH
29 comments:
With the recent floods and winds in Europe there are way too many houses looking like that now. I'm assuming that's a shed or outbuilding so no one was hurt!
What is it about tumbledowns that is so interesting? Yet they are.
I’ve seen several barns like this while driving in rural areas. It seems like quite a hazard for those living nearby.
Oh my! I hope no one was hurt. It looks as if the owner is going to have some expense removing those two buildings.
With climate change on our back, these sights of collapsed structures and trees, are sadly going to be our daily sights.
I find it hard to imagine why anyone would have something like this on their land and not do something about it. It can't be safe just leaving it like that.
Something of the beautiful in these run down places. What histories they could tell. Keeping Rita and Mildred in my prayers.
They look like the kind of people who just build next to the old, making the newer a bigger better place, and ignoring the old. Around these mountains, many a trailer has been put on land where people live in it, and the old farmsteads just sit and fall to pieces eventually. Unfortunately the trailers do too many years later, and the land looks pretty bad by then. Not a good way to take care of things! But I'm drawn to take photos of the old buildings that collapse, not the trailers!
We've been watching an old barn sink away into a crumbled pile of wood for a few years now. Soon it will just be part of the earth again.
It definitely looks like a three little pigs house! And not the one who build in brick!
It's so sad to see these falling down buildings. I'll bet they have so many interesting stories to tell (if they could talk). If only someone could have laid them down gently, and maybe used a few of their parts of a newer building. You have a super day my friend, hugs, Edna B.
Dorothy, I can only think of Bugs Bunny when any fairy tale is mentioned!! I see a lot of buildings like that along the way to town. It's too bad, they all seem abandoned.
I think most rural areas have buildings like this. There are a lot of them around here. I find them rather picturesque.
With all the floods and storms, there must be plenty of wrecked buildings like that. The owners may not have the money to repair them so just let them rot.
A traffic casualty I would think.
That's so sad.
Lots of old buildings and barns around the upper midwest here. They always look like they have a tale to tell.
I keep Mildred in my prayers. :)
Seen many a building like the ones you have shown like that, sometimes I don't understand why they are not repaired especially when people live on the property.
Perhaps it was a poorly constructed addition or done by someone who had good intentions yet lacked the know how. I love places that show reality.…jp
When humans vacate it doesn't take nature long to reclaim its own.
What interesting photos. Glad you reminded us of the children's story.
That place is ready to go. I didn't know the story behind the Three Little Pigs so, as always, thanks for the information!
sad to see a house dying. If only the walls could talk.
As you may know from my last week's post, I like to take pictures of abandoned falling down buildings too -- but always wish I knew the rest of the story (i.e., what happened to the people, why did they let it get in that shape etc etc.... ) and maybe now I know -- I should have thought of that big bad wolf ))) (He's been awfully busy in the country around here too.)))
And not a little piggy in sight!
I hope you had a very enjoyable, relaxed weekend, Beatrice. :)
We have some barns in our community in Minnesota that are coming down just like the one you photographed. It makes me sad to see barns - especially ones with a long history - slowly collapse. So much history and memories in those structures.
I always wonder how these buildings manage to still stading through storms and, in my case, earthquakes. There are quite a few abandoned buildings here as well, some of them are downright photogenic. But they're also a fire hazard - almost all of them are out in the country and many are in the woods, and all of them are surrounded by tall, dry weeds. It's a bit unnerving...
It does remind me of The Three Little Pigs.
Happy Wednesday, Beatrice!
your poem added fun to this post and a lot lol
so true about the look of this house dear Dorothy
though personally old houses fascinate me and sad me because of all the memories peaking through their wrinkles
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