Why this house?

J Hill Road, Geary County, Kansas
Photograph by Tom Atwood

There were hundreds of houses I could have photographed that morning in Kansas. Why this one? The short answer is - I looked at it and thought it might make a good picture. But more specifically, it appears to have a story, or at least poses questions: How old is the house? Who lived there? When did they leave? Maybe I liked this house because it has a face. Maybe it's the stone blocks. Or the sky in the windows? Too many reasons. I had to take it. Also, as I recall, the rest of my family was still asleep at the motel, and I needed to kill some more time. Exposure: 1/100; f/6.3; ISO: 100; Focal length: 18 mm.