an abandoned homestead in Hallville, Ontario
This is a house portrait, in this case a a cross-over habitat from people
to squirrels and racoons. The people are gone now, the
mailbox old, and rusted.
The one sign of modernity is the fire route address sign
163006, a modern contrast to the weather-beaten boards,
dried out mortar, and vehicles abandoned to their fates
in the wind and rain.
Four chimneys protrude to scrape the low-lying clouds
parried by the lighting rods.
On the one hand, sad ... on the other, it was once a much different
place when this house was a home for the Cassidys.
Update 2012: this house has since been refurbished, and the property reconfigured as a horse farm.
Cassidy Place
Acrylic on masonite, 36 x 24 in. (1998)
Please do not reproduce the images in this display.
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