Since 1919 the Bay Island school has weathered time on the bare Saskatchewan prairie near Old Wives Lake. It saw students come and go from 1919 to 1950. My family and I spotted this place shortly after we moved back to the prairies while taking […]
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Louisville School – Aging and Forgotten
Every summer I return to this aging, abandoned one-room school to try to photograph the sense of loneliness this building conveys. Since the school’s closure, the building has been used for grain storage and for a number of years now it has been completely forgotten. […]
Smaller Details within the Empty Farmhouse
There is no object or element too obscure for me to photograph. I take joy in revealing the intricate details of an object that most people overlook.
Empty Farmhouse – Bedroom & Bathroom
I made my way up the stairs gingerly, as to not go through the old wooden stairs, to obtain the bedroom shot. The howling wind made the decaying roof timbers creak and moan as if the house was alive. The entire experience was quite unnerving, […]
Empty Farmhouse – Kitchen and Living Room
This empty farmhouse still stands in the field, devoid of human life. I’ve asked myself if in its time this now desolate place was once a happy, loving home. If only the walls could talk, I wonder what memories they would reveal.
Looking at Things in a Different Way
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. -Edward de Bono
Inside the Old Caboose
The inside of this old caboose is fabulous, but somewhat sketchy with the ceiling falling in and rotten floor boards. This did not deter me as I set up my camera upon the sturdy metal frame at the rear and front of the caboose to […]
Scott’s Old Place
I saw this house hidden behind a stand of trees of an abandoned farm-yard, this past summer, and of course had to check it out. I actually had my husband back up on the road to get a better look at it before getting out […]
Lonely Old Caboose
This old caboose is out in the middle of the prairie sitting atop a frame-work of what looks like old railway ties. It is a peculiar site to come upon this abandoned rail car where there are no rails in site. Perfect for me and […]
Louisville School – A One Room Schoolhouse
I was skimming through the Mervin Memories book and found this short story I would to share with you. It is Arbor Day, the first Friday in May, the year is 1931. Imagine a group of boys, eating their sandwiches in the sun after tidying […]
Louisville School Doors No. 2
I had the opportunity to go back to the abandoned shell of the Louisville School in the Mervin district with my full frame camera in August. What a difference!
