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    November 03

    Tuesday Home

    Have to put the poetry on hold for a time.  Other things have taken me away from setting down and doing some writing of verse.
     
    So I have some old homes from out on the prairies.  Sod/adobe was a popular building material because of the lack of trees for lumber.  Sod homes were also well insulated.  Wall thicknesses were, 12-18 inches.  Blocked the sun and the wind and held the heat in the winte

     

     

    This soddy has been empty for a few years and soon will tumble into a rubble heap.  One of the drawbacks to a dirt house back then was the bugs.  They also like living in snug places like this. 

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    Carriewrote:
    Love the photo John. So interesting to see the different old house people are sharing in there areas. Those old adobe house were so effecient in heating and cooling. Hugs Carrie
    Nov. 7
    I AMwrote:

    I like this photo very much. I have never seen this sort of home in the States. Thanks so much for sharing! Great photography!
    Nov. 7
    Patche Wilkinsonwrote:
    I love this picture, remind's me of life in N.C. as a child,
    Abandoned but it still has a comfort about it.
    Beautiful to me!!
    Nov. 5
    Johnwrote:
    Back before housing codes, homeowner organization, neighborhood committees it was possible to put up a house that fit the need of the day until you could get something better. The house may have seen better days but houses like this have a way to hanging around longer then the moder ones in cookie cutter cracker box styles across the urban areas, great photo!
    Nov. 5
    conniewrote:
    This old house, has the shadow of a beautiful home to live in. Pity was deserted.
    Nov. 4
    Grandpa Dewey Dwrote:
    Our friend Connie is right the trees add to the composition that makes a great photo.
    This could be a real money maker, a green home fixer upper don't you think?
    Nov. 4
    Fizz Grumpy-Pan​tswrote:
    What a beautiful place... I don't think I would like living there... but if that's the only place I had to live, then I would be quite satisfied to have something that kept me dry and warm... even if with bugs...
    Great photo... you should enter it in a contest of some sort!
    Nov. 4
    Happy Flowerwrote:
    Amazing photograph.
    Nov. 4
    R U Serious .wrote:
    NICE photo !!!!
    Yeah, it's a melting pot here but it's all good!!! NOT L.A.!! Orange County!! A world of difference!
    Take care John!!
    Nov. 3
    conniewrote:
    The picture is great. The old trees at the side of the old house, made the composition of the photo
    really beautiful.
    Nov. 3
    Joewrote:
    It's not just settling, it looks to be settling quite poetically somehow, I really like that! Cool picture my friend.
    Nov. 3
    Angel eyes dreamerwrote:
    still a lovely old home wonderful angel eyes
    Nov. 3

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