Aspects of Autumn No.4 by sandra46
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This is my friend Carla's house, typical example of many houses in our countryside. The ground floor was once made of a very large room with a hearthplace, which was to heat all the people working inside, and an attached scullery. Here some more rooms were built from spare rooms, where they kept stuff (preserved food mostly), and the former lavatory, now a second bathroom. On the upper floor (first or second as you like in the US and UK) there still are the bedrooms and another bathroom, as well as smaller rooms used as wardrobe, study etc. Now every house has a modern heating system, but I still remember when I went to bed in my grandparents home, and they put a brass bottle, full of very hot water, or a copper cointainer with hot ashes, to warm the beds. I still have one or two of them somewhere, and they can be sold for a good price to antiquarians.
If there ever were a stable or a hen house, now they don't exist any longer. The shot was taken from under a cachi tree (Diospyros kaki, better known as the Japanese Persimmon (kaki [柿] or "shizi" [柿子] in Chinese) or Asian Persimmon in North America). These trees are very common in our countryside. I am very fond of their apple-like fruits, as my dad was. He used to peel them with painstaking attention. Flavia and my mom never ate one. So it seems that the world is divided into those who like cachi fruit and those who don't (I'm borrowing from Clint Eastwood, I think).
Trevor looks a bit crestfallen because, instead of scraping his belly as he wanted me to do, I lectured him on what a sorry specimen of guard dog he is.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (43)
flora-crassella
Wonderful picture!!!!!!
Hubba1
Very cool! Dont be to hard on the dog :)
MOSKETON
BUENA IMAGEN, QUE EFECTO UTILIZAS O SALEN ASI DE TU MAQUINA ?? ME GUSTA ESTE ESTILO.
lyron
Wonderful place and fantastic shot!!
Richardphotos
in Mexico suelo is the ground floor and other floors above are pisos. I was confused at first before I learned the difference.beautiful home
magnus073
Great photo of your friends lovely home Sandra and I think the guard dog really makes the picture complete even if he is not much of a guardian ;)
claude19
At the beginning of my scrolling of your picture, I was thinking that it was the house of your friend !!! WONDERFUL site and excellent shot !!! Great thanks !
West_coaster07
awesome pic!
Umbetro38
I think this is a great place to relaxe - fine shot
PSDuck
Very nice photo!
Thetis
superb composition! the resting dog is very intriguing
wysiwig
Your pictures have such warmth as if, dispite all of life's problems, at the end of the day you can come back to a house that is truly a home. There is a feeling that, I believe, has no name. It's a feeling of nostalgia for a place you've never been. These pictures of your world create those feelings.
frieder
What a beautiful place. Sunny and peaceful looking. Lovely colors. Excellent shot!
Minda
beautiful photo sandra love that japanese persimons..
brycek
Beautiful capture, Sandra!!
BessieB
A lovely cottage, the dog is very relaxed!
Miska7
Really nice scene. Great shot!
tennesseecowgirl
Nice capture..
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent shot!
mgtcs
Lovely place and great photo, excellent work!
psyoshida
Poor Trevor, he's been guarding the lovely persimmon tree all night while you slept! Lol. Looks like a wonderful old house, I bet it's full of history. It looks like it has a secret bunker, just to the right of Trevor. Wonder what that is for. Great shot!
MagikUnicorn
Lovely capture
bazza
Lovely capture of your friends house Sandra it looks great, Poor old Trev in trouble for not gnawing your leg off lol.. As for the presimmon.. my wife loves them and me I don't ;-)
drifterlee
Wonderful house and shot!
tstray1
Great shot, oranges look ripe and ready to eat!!
blondeblurr
What a lovely old homestead, very rural, serene and romantic...love the wooden door, fit's perfectly in with the surrounds, as is Trevor, maybe next time you can show us more of the Persimmon tree, you will also find them , here in 'OZ'. BB
JaneEden
Love your interesting intro, and as for your photography it is fabulous, and I just adore the pov of this one very much. Poor doggy :o) hugs Jane xx
lucindawind
very beautiful !
myrrhluz
Beautiful home, so full of character and history. Excellent capture! Love the composition with the Persimmon, the sulking dog, and the lacy branches. Very nice indeed!
danapommet
Beautiful capture and narrative Sandra. Love the watch dog. Dana