© 2012 Michael Fiveson
Some homes just look creepy and this large boarded up beauty is no exception. Found in rural northern Colorado and enhanced by wicked shadows, this house says do not enter.
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This photo does indeed emit a great sense of eeriness, but also such beautiful in the decay.
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Yes! Thanks a lot.
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Yes, I agree with you. Wonderful photograph. Thank you dear Mike, love, nia
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Thank you sweet Nia.
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Oh, I agree, it’s spooky. I’m trying to imagine it lit up with warmth and people and inner light, and it still looks rather severe to me.
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That shadow, I think, completed it.
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You drew me in with the title of this one Mike, and as usual… you do not disappoint! I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned this before, but I really enjoy zooming in on some of the detail of your work. This one gave me lots to zoom in on!
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Zoom away, zoomer! Hiyoway, Silver!
Thank you.
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Well, I am not going in…not for nothin” 🙂
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🙂
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Those shadows are very omnious indeed.
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That they are. Thanks David.
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Great photo…
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Thank you very much.
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Great B&W photo. 🙂 😉
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Thanks sweet Ela.
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The shadows say Halloween but the icicle lights still hanging say the Ghost of Christmas Past!
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Very good eye Pat.
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Definitely has its own personality, Mike
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True enough, my turtle dove.
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Nice. Love the shadow of the tree on the house.
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And I was hoping you would see it and knew that you would like it, given your appreciation of fantasy. What did you think of the movie Pan’s Labyrinth?
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Hmm, I liked Pan’s Labyrinth, but it’s not one of my favorites though. I love Terry Gilliam’s films. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is great and also Tideland, very surreal and well made.
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Pan’s was really kind of dark and did not have a happy ending. I know you like happy endings. Still, I thought Pan’s was haunting and the music has stayed in my head all these years.
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I don’t know, Mike, this house is too darned cute to be sinister. Although that weird circle thing on the first floor window is a little intimidating.
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It does have a Victorian or Western flair to it. It probably was a nice home not too long ago. So you ain’t scared, eh? I’ll see what I can dig up out of my archives….
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And I’m pretty sure that weird circle thing shoots a death ray if you get too close.
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okay….getting nervous now
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This house says, “I dare you.”
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I says “uh, uh.”
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I guess I’m just weird or love to fix things up too much… All I see is a house with beautiful bones that could look amazing with some TLC and hard work! Oh, how I’d love to try! 🙂
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I agree, it’s not far removed from being lovely and really only the shadows make it look a bit scary. Thanks for the comment.
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A spooky house with the shadow of the trees.I
There’s a little mystery in that photo.
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Agreed! Thank you.
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Terrific photo Mike, it screams. Definitely need to burn some sage in that puppy.
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You might be right about that 🙂
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And thank you.
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The shadow of the tree is absolutely perfect! Great eye to see this Mike!
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Thanks Michael. I got excited when I saw that shadow and that house called my name. Wait, maybe it was calling for you!
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I bet that place was the house from Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ – and that round hole is for vicious homing pigeons!
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The time frame is about right for ‘the birds’
Hey I hope your sister continues to do well Jude.
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Thanks Mike
Hugs
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Looks like a place Norman Bates would love. The way you captured it with the shadow of the tree makes it look really creepy.
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Norman Bates may well have lived there as a child, as an apprentice to insanity. Thanks Robin.
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well, it looks like Psycho’s house..but apart from that, it’s quite nice. I’d live in it.
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I’d live in it too, with some apprehension.
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