I don't have children so my nest has always been empty, but my Mother said that one of the toughest days of her life was the September morning when the school bus rolled by and she didn't have a kid eligible. After 26 years.
So a burned out house nicely photographed in mono seems the perfect subject and medium.
I'm glad you told us that everybody was OK, I wondered right away.
Oh my gosh, 26 years? That is a very long time to have kids in school. You either have a really large family or you guys are really well spread out!
Yes, thank goodness the family survived. We can replace our things, but not our loved ones.
There were 5 of us, with my baby brother 15 years younger than me. So my 13 years (kindergarten only one stop per day :) and my brother 15 years later. That's a whole lot of activity to end all at once.
Wow, no kidding! There were five of us as well, but we were 10 years end-to-end and I think my mom was quite relieved when it all simmered down.