{"id":438,"date":"2008-10-05T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/05\/come-with-me\/"},"modified":"2008-10-05T15:38:01","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T15:38:01","slug":"come-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/05\/come-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Come with me&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>on a fall walk through an old abandoned village! My favorite type of architecture resides here. Last weekend I attended a poetry festival in the village with thousands, and this weekend we returned all alone. So lets take little peeks in windows and knock on the doors of abandoned buildings and homes! <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nRinging the bell, it is <i>loud!<\/i><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nWild rose hips grow abundantly around the village. I&#8217;ve been picking bunches to dry in my travels. Standing in polka dots on one of the very textured, paint peeling porches.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nFrontier farmstead.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nand a peek inside the foggy, wavy, cobweb covered glass&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_11.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nOver-grown herb garden in front of a tiny colonial house. This one has a ghost scarecrow residing amongst the weeds, herbs, flowers and berries!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI left some wild rose hips in the old horseshoe above the door for the ancestor ghosts that reside there.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nFrolicking to the mill, crunchy leaves underfoot! This stone building  is so sweet. Inside was set up like a little rustic tavern (and is flooded&#8230;sad).<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAnother quaint dream house, complete with an old world herb and flower garden.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI am obsessed with stone bank houses and eyebrow windows. This one is a <i>dream!<\/i> A bit creepy inside too.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_10.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI just <i>had<\/i> to ring the giant rusty bell <i>one more time<\/i> before we left. The sound echoed though out  the empty village. Notice the amazing white Victorian house behind me. A bit out of place in the village but it&#8217;s architecture completes my love for the place! <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_12.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks to my husband who followed me around, capturing this magical place! Some of the photos were a surprise, which was nice. I am a peeping tom, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Friday I snuck another sketchy journal into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=5080439\">my shop<\/a>, which has a pretty new bookplate. It is sold but here&#8217;s a little teaser (there might be more, not exactly like this one though). To be filled with feathers and leaves, sketches and prose.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081006_9.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd a beautiful Autumn weekend to all experiencing the season!<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on a fall walk through an old abandoned village! My favorite type of architecture resides here. Last weekend I attended a poetry festival in the village with thousands, and this weekend we returned all alone. So lets take little peeks in windows and knock on the doors of abandoned buildings and homes! 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