I've made hundreds of images over the years of old abandoned homesteads, houses and barns. I am intrigued, not just by the buildings, but by the lives of the people who may have lived and worked in them. I often imagine a story, a scenario of what might have been inside these crumbling walls, giving breath once again to the people who called it home. These are my stories, brief glimpses into the past. Continuation of series, images 97-100.
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1936. She’d heard of mothers selling children they could no longer afford to feed. Briefly, just for a moment, in her pain she considers it. Desperately she prays for forgiveness.
If the Walls Could Talk series # 97
Church LightSt Agnes Catholic Church, Matheson, Colorado Built in 1921
A hard life for her. Words don’t come easy for him. A bolt of cloth. A new thimble. The meaning behind his gift is clear.
If the Walls Could Talk series # 98
Was a time a cowboy could run cattle from Texas to Colorado an’ never see a fence. Those days are long gone. Some’d say different. To my mind it comes down to the devil barbwire and greed.
If the Walls Could Talk series # 99
All his dreams tied up in this land. In this barn. Dream never stretched any further than that.
If the Walls Could Talk series # 100
Big Red BarnRed barn, near Calhan, Colorado