Mendota…Changes On Barnrock Road

I posted about the Barnrock Road project some time ago. I’m not against progress, and the road will be safer, but my nature is to be change resistant.  I went to say goodbye to this house today.   I’ve always loved this house…Granny Bott’s house…and I’ve imagined when it was new. It had a beautiful lilac bush by the road. True, the curve was so sharp that it was dangerous to pick the flowers, but many have done so anyway. 

Here is the road construction site and a picture of the old house from a few weeks back. There are more posted here.   It had an extraordinary charm about it. 

Granny Bott's House

Here’s the house today. Today was its very last day.

Granny Bott 3

It hurt to watch this…

Granny Bott's House being torn down

The workers looked on. For that moment, I think we were all thinking the same thing…a pause to consider the hands that built this house…raised babies in this house…sat down to dinner in this house.   

Sad Workers

The sign reflected my thoughts. I wanted to say STOP or SLOW DOWN. I did not do anything but take pictures.

Stop Sign on Road Project

This fella smiled when I pointed the camera at him…he’ll never know he’s in Blogland.

Slow Down

And then I left…in the funeral procession. I was in the midst of the equipment. Looking ahead through my windshield….

The Procession

Looking behind in my rearview…right in the thick of it.

Behind the Procession

I returned about three hours later…it’s gone.

House is Gone

I thought of a song….

Are you lonesome tonight,
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray to a brighter summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?

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7 thoughts on “Mendota…Changes On Barnrock Road

  1. Pat Gardner

    I have always admired the cut stone foundation. Is there any such job as a stone cutter, anymore?

    1. Eva Post author

      Pat…funny that you mentioned that. It looks similar to some of the early stone that is at Benfield’s Store…Daddy had helped make those. I was wondering about it today.

  2. Patsy

    I think if I had seen them tearing the house down I would have been upset too. I guess this is progress??????????

  3. pam moore

    wow i didnt know the house came down today since i stay home all day it look odd seeing it gone ilove to read your blog.

  4. louetta canter

    WOW…. that sure does look odd… i know it will be better, but i agree it is sad also….when we come through there 2 sat. ago… poppy cried when we went through…

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