Like other parts of America, there are many abandoned or neglected homes in Michigan…
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yes, scattered words of a lost poem, in a way. nice fragment here. b/w suits
Agreed. Thanks.
“Scattered words of a lost poem….” That’s beautiful.
hello u there, thanx
Hey there to you, too…and you’re very welcome.
I would live there, Mike…beautiful shot.
I would too. Serious repairs needed. What the hell is on the roof that looks like a robot thing?
Yep, needed repairs and all…and I don’t know…one of those turbine thingamajiggers to help the hot air escape from the attic/crawl-space? Had lots of them down Arizona way….
I’d live there too.. Really nice picture Mike.
Thanks Chill.
There is a lot of rural poverty in Michigan. Looks like this house was inhabited in recent times, at least judging from the mini-blinds. . . .the thing on the roof is a vent–stuck on a chimney. . . a sad sort of fix of some kind. . .
SB
Looks like surveillance of some sort. Thanks Susan.
Excellent Photo Mike, Primo shot. What a grand old home. I follow a photographer on Flickr that photographs a lot of abandoned homes (mostly in the Detroit area).
Thanks Terry.
Lovely image, Mike! B&W is excellent to emphasize the state of the house. It looks like it was one beautiful place during it’s prime.
It is/was a beautiful home for sure. It is off a country road.
So sad to see. It looks like it was once someone’s pride and joy. I’d love that enclosed porch/sunroom.
Me too. I could fix that up real nice and get cozy.
That must have been a wonderful home in the past
It looks pretty cool in black & white 
I like it in B&W too. Thanks Frauke.
Great shot Mike…as usual your shots stir the imagination….nice work!
Thank you sista.
Wonderful photo, the black and white contrasts make it look more dramatic.
Thank you, Queen Marielba.
Another great shot Mike. The one I posted today reminded me of your style very much – copying is a form of flattery you know!
Yes I saw your great shot and actually considered that our photos, today, are alike. I could be in much weaker company my friend.
I got the feeling it was surveilance camera too. Have a feeling that’s been stuck up there in case of vandalism or to protect some property owner or some bank in case someone has an accident on the abandonded property.
So many houses gone to rot… so many homeless people gone to rot for lack of homes… something doesn’t make sense.
Thanks again for a great shot with lots of things to contemplate. This shot alone shall give me at least five or six haiku prompts for sure.
If we wanted to write poetry based on loss, misfortune, homelessness, hungry children, innocent victims, etc etc, it seems to me there is an endless and dark pool to draw from. Light creates shadow, capitalism creates victims, and having comes with the risk of losing. Always appreciate hearing from you.
It does look like it was lived in not all that long ago despite the ivy taking over and the peeling paint. My take would be the old folks couldn’t keep the place up like they used to, then passed on and the kids are off in some city making a living. Not interested in restoring the place. Out here it’d be disappearing in the encroaching blackberry bushes.
You may well be right about how it came to look like that. I suppose being reclaimed by nature in the form of blackberry bushes is a softer death.
I’m not so sure that I’d associate the word “softer” given the nasty thorns on the blackberry vines…
Ah, soft to the eyes perhaps.
Hi Mike – I’m really enjoying the photos from your recent trip to Michigan! I like how you see and capture the beauty in these old houses and barns.
Thanks Laurie. I could have driven around all day.
What a wonderful shot, it could inspire an entire novel!
It is quite the home, eh. Thank you Lorna.
It also appears that even though the house is being taken over by mother nature, the grass has been mowed. Nice shot of a neat old house!
I too noticed the grass was cut and wonder if someone actually is still living there?
Could be!
Scary. Might have dodged a bullet!
Maybe that was a surveillance camera on the roof!
I thought that as well but only when I saw the picture. Did not notice it while I was shooting.
When I think of Michigan, I think of Detroit and how depressed it is. So many buildings falling into disuse and being abandoned, and all relatively recent. This house is poignant in that it still looks like it can be saved, but probably won’t be.
Detroit I saw only in the airport. The Michigan I saw is wooded and really beautiful, albeit in disrepair like the rest of America.
…..and so very nice to hear from you Dezra.
This one looks like it was once a beauty – frolicking kids, dogs chasing balls, aroma of steaks on the BBQ wafting across the expansive lawn, chatter, clatter, and clink.
Agreed. One can imagine the inside is also a mess but I would live there and fire up that grill.
Some of the places you post photos of … not too inviting after their abandonment, but this one, this one still retains a beckoning welcome – I wonder why that is …
It is a beautiful home and the yard is mowed. Perhaps someone still lives there?
Run down but evoking a rich past. One could conjure up a novel about the events this house has seen.
Thanks Jules. I agree, it is rich in its own way.