I always find it incredible when it looks like somebody walks out of their life, evaporating. Food is still around, and laundry is hung. Life was still living. Doesn't that feel eerie to you anymore?
It really was quite incredible that there was still so much intact, it must not be on the hit list. I am pretty intrigued about how you would even know to stop at this. I don't think I have ever seen a flooded basement like that!
I still send postcards! I love getting them and the people I send them to like them. I usually send one to a person who least expects it. It is always fun to hear how much they like being thought of. (and not in that quick word on social media) Sometimes a little effort means a lot.
Finding a time capsule like this always makes the heart beat faster, it is always a pleasure to walk in someone’s life, it is such a shame that people just disappear/die, and no one seems to care. Good to see you use and enjoy postcards!
How do I know to stop at places like this? That is difficult to explain, I guess after doing it for a long time you get a “sixth sense” a “feeling” for a place. Give away clues about the look of a place, and “the smell” the scent of stale air that often permeates the walls sounds strange yes, but they do actually give off an odour !
The smell! I actually know (or think I know) of the vacant smell, something that smells like abandonment. Between musky and empty. I have been in houses that have been long abandoned and 20 years or so and even in the summer, they feel cold and damp, which picks up a smell, mixed with leftovers of life within...
But, what you are talking about is probably in a class of its own. Thanks so much!
Cheers @dswigle , you nailed it!
Yes!! Thanks! :)