old homestead

For a few years I drove past this old place. It always intrigued me. It is located on Highway 3, southeast of Blenheim Ontario.

I would often stop and just look at the old place and wonder about the people that lived and grew up within its four walls. I even managed one time to walk up and peak in through one of the front windows. As I peered in through the broken panes of glass, I could feel the history come alive. I wondered if they had the exact same struggles that my family had. Meeting a mortgage payment, kids being sick, worry about being able to afford medication for their sick kids. All the usual stuff.

I wondered if they had to drive to the big city for work every day. Did they freak out over the cost of gas going up and up? Or were they farmers that worked the land?