A corrugated metal roof, all red with rust, crowns what remains of the old stone house. History falling apart.
Ivy entwines itself, running its tentacles along cracks in the walls, finding a way in where once people lived.
History, so much history and so many questions to go with it.
It may be old, but there are so many things I love about this old building, the small windows set into the stone, the irregular shaped stone work, the colour provided by the old metal roof…
Of course many may just see an old place ready to face the bulldozer. What do you see?
Meticulous Mick 
It’s interesting to see the effect does a good cropping ..the details and better cropping in the last image works for me 💫
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Well they are two different pictures, but I know what you mean. For the format of the blog, I am having to use very wide and narrow images where I select “featured image’. It always surprises me how well some crops work and that I should experiment more often. Thanks for the feedback Diana, good to see you going great guns, MM 🍀
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There is something about dilapidated buildings …
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Atmosphere, history, individuality…you are so right 🍀
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I love this picture. There are lots of memories seeping out of the building
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Thanks Anne, once again I love the way nature reclaims…..🍀
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I see history…lives and loves, tears and laughter, good times and harsh times….what stories it could tell! But I also see a place to take atmospheric images, I want to be there!!
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Another great stumble just along the road from “standing still”. Oh the stories, the stories….🍀
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Indeed….perhaps I should come to Ireland!
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Now there’s an idea 😀
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Well, I have been once or twice, last time must have been 5 years ago at least……
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I am seeing a place where it has many stories left behind…
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Not the only one Nurul, good to see your face come up again 😀
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I was quite busy recently, and had abandoned my blog for a while. By the way, I just created the new one. It’s about my travelling stories. You can check it if you’re interested..
Here is the link: http://www.stories-of-wanderer.com
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Thanks Nurul, just popping over…😀
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Fantastic image . What a story it could tell. Probably a hideout in the troubles. Lots of struggles and hardship especially under English persecution. Births and deaths and quite a bit of hard liquer consumed and a lot of craic evenings.
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It looks to me like the kind of places where yarns were told around the fire..if only the walls could talk 🍀
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Unfortunately, humans only value tomorrow which is why this house won’t be there after some time.
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But what a piece of history and the tales it could tell……MM 🍀
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I think most humans are forward looking in the sense they don’t want to explore much into history. Probably, they feel past has no relevance in their life! I love such buildings!
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