I made this photograph last summer when I was on one of my many wanderings on the Tempelhofer Feld, the former airport right in the middle of Berlin. You can find all kind of structures still in place, between the bushes and the trees.
This shed seemed deserted and it was in fact fenced in, so I wiggled my camera through the fence (it´s only moments like this when I´m happy to have only a compact camera rather than a lovely reflex camera 😉 ) and made this shot. There´s no sign around explaining what its purpose might have been, but old romantic that I am, I had to think – yet again – of a poem by Robert Frost when I saw it.
It´s actually one of five poems grouped as a sequence called “The Hill Wife”. The poem I was reminded of was this:
House Fear
Always – I tell you this they learned –
Always at night when they returned
To the lonely house from far away
To lamps unlighted and fire gone gray,
They learned to rattle the lock and key
To give whatever might chance to be
Warning and time to be off in flight:
And preferring the out- to the in-door night,
They learned to leave the house-door wide
Until they had lit the lamp inside.
– Robert Frost
Excellent photo and great to see you’re a Frost fan too 🙂
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Thanks so much, Christy! Wonderful to know you love him too 😄 Do you have a favourite poem by him?
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Gorgeous photo, Sarah! Old buildings have so much to say. I love the poem you paired with it. I had not heard that one before. Excellent! 😀
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Thanks so much, Lana! 🙂
I´m glad to have introduced you to it 😀
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Great photo and imaginative association with Robert Frost’s poem. He is my favorite American poet and has been since 7th grade.
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Thanks so much, Linda! He´s one of mine as well! Wish you a wonderful and peaceful weekend! 🙂
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A lovely image and post.
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Thank you very much, Robert! 🙂
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The photo is beautiful and eerie — my favorite combination. It’s even scarier with the door wide open– almost like a dare! Eeeek!! 😀 ~PR
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Thanks so much, PR! Then I dare you to walk through that door!! 😉 😁 😘
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Haha! Only if you hold my hand. x
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Okay! Let´s go in there together! It´s always nicer to go into the unknown with a friend at your side 😀 xxx
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Lovely composition, especially with Robert Frost’s words.
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Thank you, Kerry! 🙂
I find that his words often come to my mind when seeing something I need to photograph 🙂 Wish you a beautiful day!
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Thank you!
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Now you have me curious as to the purpose of the building!
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Haha! 🙂 Well, I tried to find something out about it through the internet but failed – we´ll have to do with our imaginations in this case 😉
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I can handle that – it’s probably good for my writing and mind to have to imagine something for once, rather than looking it up!
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LOL! 😀
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If you are an old romantic then I’m a positively desiccating one! I love that poem and how perfectly it fits the image making me shiver with anticipation and a hint of fear all at once! Bon week-end ma belle amie! Xxxxxxx
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Hahaha! 😀 Oh, Osyth, you do know how to make me laugh, and I love you for that! 😀 ❤
Thank you very much, I´m so glad you like it!
I would have loved to explore the shed and see if I could find some abandoned candle stubs or overturned kerosene lamps 😉 But probably would only have found mouse droppings! 😀 xxxxxxxxxx
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The gift of laughter should never be underestimated … its a gift that keeps on giving because it has given me a broad smile to know that you were laughing! Xxxxxxx
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😀 xxxxxxxxx
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Love the poem, Sarah…it’s a little creepy. 😁 And it compliments your lovely photo.
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Thank you very much, Cathy! 🙂
Well, you know I like it creepy 😉 ❤
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I wonder what liking creepy says about one’s personality…but then again, maybe I don’t want to know. 😁💜
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That´s right, you don´t want to know! 😉 😀 ❤
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😳😉
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I like the view of this house. The treatment of the color tone enhances the old time or old age of the house. A nice touch and the nice poem to go along!
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Thanks very much! 🙂 The Shed is quite old I believe but apart from the missing doors in a surprisingly good state.
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What a great photo to inspire the mind. I’m drawn to old abandoned buildings as well.
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Thank you very much, Marlene!
Those buildings do hold a special spell over people, don´t they?
Have a beautiful Sunday! 🙂
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How interesting, a great photo composition and poem to complement it! Yes, I like the sepia look too, Sarah. Lovely write… 🙂
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Thanks so much, Iris! I´m so glad you like it!! 🙂
Have a wonderful week! 🙂 ❤ 🎼🐨
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My pleasure, Sarah! And you too enjoy your summer… 😀 ❤ 🍨 🌺
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Oh, now I want to go exploring the old airfield. I’m surprised they have not developed this. The sepia tone is very nice. Cheers!
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Thank you, Chris! You would definitely enjoy roaming about there and very likely come back with a thousand pictures 😉 Cheers!
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I bet we would!
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