The crying house.... :)

 I'm not exactly sure when my obsession with old, broken down houses began but

I'm thinking it might have been right around the time I saw this movie...

I was little and I stayed up late and watched it with my older sister Kim:)

I remember loving the house.

I mean, look at that lovely bead board in the background!!

And what's not to love about Robert Redford and Natalie Wood????

Well as you know because I've said it like a million times, the hubby and I 

LOVE to drive around and look at houses. No matter where we are.

Usually after dinner or on Sunday afternoons like old people, we go on 

our drives:) 

Well since the day we landed here in Carp, I've been in love

with this house...

We always give names to our favorite houses. Like blue door house, or 

green step house, or gargoyle house, or bait house, and so on.

Well this house is named...

 the crying house:(

Not because I want to cry every single time I see it but because...

It looks like it's crying too!!! :( :( :(

Can you see it? 

The tear stains coming from the windows...

I can't take it.

Call me crazy because I already know I am, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE

this house!! Like I love it in my soul ya know??

I literally drive by this place every chance I get just to whisper 

I love yous out the window at her:)

Because clearly....she hasn't been loved in a long time:(

According to some neighbors passing by, this house has been

sitting abandoned for at least 20 years.

WHAT????

 Where others might see a pile of bricks that belong in the trash,

I see walkways, borders or a fireplace hearth!!

And just have a look at that old rusty headboard!!

If I wasn't completely convinced that a kin to the snake I saw the other

day was in that tall grass, I would have ventured closer and inspected

this pile of rusty treasures!!

Honestly, look at that wall!!!! Can't you just see climbing roses

all over it????

And just have a gander at what only the hubby could see over the fence! 

Short girl problems:(

Is that the coolest concrete sink? And how bout that lil tiny

sink? It says please put me in a powder bath! Am I right??

We're thinking judging by the two meters and the evidence of stairs on

the side of the house, that at some time this house was split into

two houses?

Can you see the original siding under that stucco though????

Here it is again! 

I love this house so much and have not been able to quit

thinking about it since I first laid eyes on it in August.

While I would LOVE the Lord to bless me with this place,

I reeeeally just want to wipe her tears and make her

all better, even for someone else!!!

But.....

I know right?? So if anyone out there has that kind of

green just laying around and wants to join forces with me

in rescuing this lady....

then give me a jingle!!! 

I'm totally not even kidding. 

I'm going to go all

Sherlock Holmes this week and find out who owns

this sweet house and beg them to sell it to me.

I made my hubby take a selfie in front of "my" house:)

All before we got back into the truck and drove away

and I choked back tears:(

I don't know why this house has such a grip on my heart????

Sing it with me now-

I was alright for awhile

I could smile for awhile

But I saw you last night

You held my hand so tight

As you stopped to say "hello"

Oh you wished me well

You couldn't tell

That I'd been crying.....over you