Holy Habitat Batman

[Jack Cronkhite]

Roosters welcome, no reservations required

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1929

Drop in and set a spell

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1931

Anybody seen the pliers??

[Dave Suponski]

Jack,Is that a one holer or two?

[Jack Cronkhite]

This one was all about modesty :)

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

Jack: You have some great country up there. I would travel thru your area on the way to alaska and just fell in love with a victorian house that sat on a hill that over looked the north saskatchewan river outside of Saskatoon in the little town of Langham. If i could of talked my wife into it i would have moved in. Have a great day Thomas L. Benson Sr.

[Jack Cronkhite]

Thomas: True. So many think "flat and boring" but they don't really "see" the place, just drive through. You "see" the place :) I wish I had taken a picture of a sign outside Langham that a lady built (billboard size) and stuck along side the highway in a sloughy area with a bunch of dead aspen poplar. It cheerfully announced "Future Home of Something". Nothing yet, but maybe someday. Sign has passed into history. Haven't been up that way for over a decade. Assume "your" house is still there. If you can't get a deal on it, try this one.
Wonderfully airy, open concept, two storey with 360 degree prairie view. Sits atop a proven 32" rise of land, so no obstructions will ever spoil the view. Open to offers. Needs a few repairs. Seller motivated.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1899


Perimeter Security System added recently (ca. 1954)

[Jack Cronkhite]

Can't be found on any MLS listing. Strictly a private deal if you can find whoever might own this lake view lovely. Ducks and geese 1/2 mile north. Sharptails and huns just off the porch.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1932

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

Jack: Is it possible to own property in canada and not live there. Maybe some great hunting property on a river is what i would prefer. Have a great day. Thomas L. Benson Sr.

[Jack Cronkhite]

Thomas: Yes, with some restrictions that vary between provinces. Check it out here (http://www.assignmentscanada.ca/buyingincanada.html)

Too late for this beauty. Sold after only 43 years on the market. On a serious note, this is in the heart of rooster country. Most farmers leave these to simply rot and cave in. At that point, the few acres involved are turned into cultivated land. In the meantime, great upland habitat surrounds these places.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1933

One day, the young farmer who has this land, will likely add a bit to cultivation; however, he loves to hunt upland and also has three young boys who will need to find a few roosters for the pot. A match on a calm day and this caved-in barn could be ashes but just in taking the picture I had to kick a rooster out of the grass. Now that was annoying because I thought I would take the picture first and then wander through with the shotgun. These days, the protocol is always to wander through with the gun first and camera second.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1547

This one is gone now but the shelter belt trees and hedges remain and an occasional rooster can still be found if one takes a hike around.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1943

Cheers,
Jack

[William Maynard]

Beautiful Country......

[Jack Cronkhite]

Few more for fun. The hedge and ditch grass along the dirt road has given me many a rooster over the past 15 years. The old train station was moved here, so seems strange to not see any tracks. Those spruce trees are probably 70+ years old. Almost mean to plant a water lovin' tree on the parched prairie.
Cheers,
Jack

[Dean Romig]

Jack, your pictures of abandoned homes on the prarie are quite a study. You must be very intriqued by them and the stories they suggest. When one thinks of them as homes instead of houses they take on a completely different identity. Each one is heartbreaking in its own way. Families living and working the land - the echos of children's laughter is almost audible simply by looking at the pictures. Such devastatingly hard times they all represent.... how sad.

Thanks for showing us.