I've been to Gettysburg, but I didn't get a chance to see the house you're talking about. If you just sit there and close your eyes out on the plain you can forget about all the blood shed there. Very peaceful place! And no, I didn't see any ghosts, but I did get a few strange pictures...

Sorry, those were my fault... Everytime I see a sitz bath I scream like a little girl. :D

Hanging light fixtures? What are these things you speak of? All I see are a few soap dispensers...

Jude: You really don't want to see what we're doing in there... There's a reason that window is all steamy. :D

I dunno, I think it would bug me too much knowing that dirt was under the rugs...

That's Blue October... Sorry, I should have said that before. The song is beautiful, and it's even more haunting because it's acapella with a slight echo.

anna: That appears to be a large hole. And this is one of the creepiest locations I've seen... Aliens, insects, potential probings... Clench, Sketch, Clench!

I think I might need a hand for this one... A few shovels, someone running the dirt out in a wheelbarrow, then a few brooms and mops, we should have it cleaned out in a few days. Plenty of time for a tree and decorations. What are ya gettin me? :D

I haven't been quite the same. So sure the story of my life would never change...

And yet again, ~Me has managed to turn my happy childhood memories into something altogether different...

Now look at that, you've made me blush! Must have been subconcious there, making the connection between hard and the floor... Better bring a blanket or something though...

~Me: I once knew a guy who had lost movement from the neck down. He had a good sense of humor about it, but there were a few things he really missed being able to do... It didn't help that he had pretty hot nurses too!

Ok, use your imagination for a minute with me. Pretend that instead of grass, it was sand or loose gravel. Add in the playground equipment that was moved to other schools when this one closed: swings, monkey bars, whatever else. Imagine the building didn't look like it had been abandoned for so long. It's not quite as depressing when you see it as it probably was, not like it is now. It actually looks a lot like my grade school did when I was a kid, and I have nothing but happy memories of that. Then again, at night I didn't live there like these kids did...

I gotta say, the windows are opaque, and only are show the top half. I would imagine that someone would be monitoring their shadows/silhouettes to make sure they are showering & not beating each other... ok, bad choice of words, but you know...

I swear, I've never seen that goat before in my life! (Switches to Bill Clinton voice) Aaah did nawt have sexual relations with that goat...

Ok, seriously now, Motts you have someone outside the door at all times, right? Wouldn't want you getting trapped in there... Although most artists aren't really appreciated until they're dead...

She paints an empty canvas when she is afraid
she built a falling castle with her body of sand
and although lost she found love in the eyes of him
a shoulder she could fall on, was never taken in
and all the rain is falling and the side walks are stained
with roses from her brushes and the pictures from her hands
oh she cries a little harder
if she only cried to me
now if she called my name
I would have ran to catch her
And the only tear left now comes from me
So now I say these words to you
I find it so hard to lose her
The greatest gift that God ever gave to me
was a girl I named December
she was a girl that I need
December

Makes me think of this song by Blue October:

Describe the pain
It choked your reality
It's all in your mind she said
Instead you go graceful dancing
You close the door
on the war I started last Halloween
I'm gonna be fine again
You got to keep graceful dancing
Oh

Here we are
And you're a super star on your own
And I'm looking over your shoulder
Getting older and God only knows
That here we are
And you're a super star on your own
Now here we are

Your sunset reigns
Like a bullet hole
Trees only seems for hanging
A moon is a target range
And rivers seem only for drowning
You fall away and then you starve
To finish your painting
Well its gonna take time my friends
You have to keep graceful dancing
Oh

Jo: Showers usually work better without clothes on... Trust me, I'm a doctor. :D

I think we decided that it is partially that, and partially to make it easier to transport patients on walkers/wheelchairs.

Why would you want to take this photo lying down? Wouldn't that be harder??? :D

I went to pick up a stone to cast, but when Santa and his evil horde of elves handed it to me, I decided I'd better not throw it...

How is there so much dirt on these floors? I don't remember the other sites being this bad... I'd be sweeping in there for weeks!

Yargh mateys. I be hopin ye bringing some good pirate music to dance to.

What fun is behaving? Then again, I'm behaving, just not like everyone else! :D