MomPink Ah! Motel 6: "We'll leave the light on for ya."

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: Lockdown

	MomPink Thank you, Fangirl. I mean, grazie. :)

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Oh, wow. I looked right at that and didn't see the wolf face until you mentioned it. I was looking at the pretty leaves and trying to see where the driveway/walkway went. Pretty magical.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Suddenly, the strangely highlighted pink door swings open -- and Nurse Ratchett comes striding briskly down the hall...

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink HOLY CRAP!! I'm concentrating on these beautiful, haunting pictures, it's quiet in the house -- and two of my cats just got into a screaming match. Whew!! Their dinner is late and now I have to go change my underwear. Another very fine gallery, Motts. Grazzi (is that the right word?)

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink That gate and fence is just beautiful. Is this a black & white picture, or infared? It has a kind of ethereal quality. The whole thing glows. Lovely.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink It is a lovely, serene place, but I think I see what -B- is seeing about the trees. I can't think of any other way of describing it, either. Just 'odd' trees. And that ivy is really something!

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink It's not odd; it's just dead -- which adds a spooky element to the picture. That's a strange, flimsy little canopy thingy over the door. It almost looks like that area started out to be a porch and then they closed it in.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink This room has a monastic feel. It looks like it could have been a nice place to contemplate or meditate -- or something.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink I've seen stained glass like that in some churches. Very pretty on a sunny day.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Holy cow! I feel like I need to get a shot just from looking at this picture! What is this? The dungeon? That hole looks like a trap door where they dropped the bodies through.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Oooooh. I love the pinky-beige color, the way the window has been repaired with a dark panel and the way the stucco (?) is falling off the wall. Any idea what they kept on all those shelves? Are the shelves crooked, or is it just the camera angle?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink I love the perspective of this shot, and the tiny bit of ivy peeking over the windowsill echoed by the green showing through the door at the end. Did your footsteps echo

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Yeah, I'm definitely going to decorate my house with ivy; however, I don't think I want a vine that's as pernnicious as this. It looks like the kind that will strangle you in your sleep. Anyway, this is a beautiful shot. What were you standing on?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink So, um, like, they come here for transfusions?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Decommissioned kitchen. The stove fit back in that arch. On closer look, the top half of the bricks don't match the bottom half. Maybe Liza's right. What's that metal contraption on the left? Soda machine?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink It does look like there's a ghost or something lurking back there in the gloom. I love that arched doorway, but don't have any desire to walk through it.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink This place has been abandoned only about 13 years, and there's black mold all over the place. How did they keep it clean when it was in use?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink I guess they painted the lower half of the walls to make the walls look less tall --? Those doors could be pretty, but the bars are troubling. I agree with Binky. Let's go back to the other place and slidedown the hall.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink That does appear to be an extra small bed. Could it have been for a child? Poor, poor baby!

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Poor patients! I hope they gave them lots of tranquilizers. The way that mildew is growing on the walll is positively malevolent.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink Wow. You're right, March. I think I'll go left. Right, Motts? I mean, correct?

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink It looks like that door may have been to a closet or wardrobe. But those little cabinets seem to be in a very strange location. This room is utterly without charm.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink The tilted camera angle only heightens the macabre feeling here.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio

	MomPink It looks like a public bathroom.

Location: Manicomio Frigerio  Gallery: Il Grande Manicomio