I spotted this beaut of an old shack on my travels.
It was some family's home no doubt...
Its made of hand hewn logs and a home made concrete!
Cob??
Is it that simple?
you can see the axe marks from
when they were hewing the logs by hand
This is what they saw when they walked out of their home!
(kinda-probably more trees back then...)
Pretty river view.
I would give anything to see what the world was like back when this house was built!
What people were like.
what their conversations were about.
gardens?
putting food by?
animals?
wood cutting?
animals?
wood cutting?
what did they do for fun?
go on walks?
have picnics?
play cards?
I can't help but feel that the olden way is the best way - although i know that is not the case for many things such as racism, sexism... It just seems that people were friendlier back then?
The main thing I long for from the past is the strong communities that the times built.
You HAD to be good to your neighbor because you needed them and they needed you.
(we still really need each other)
(we still really need each other)
It was all about survival.
simple.
that's what I miss about a time I never
knew.
who walked through that door daily...
pioneer quest
This is a really neat series they filmed in Manitoba where 2 couples were put on some land in with limited resources (a cow, a couple horses, an axe, coffee...), had to wear and use gear from the 1900's, no power or running water, no phones or tvs...
and had to live for a year!
That includes building a house and barn!
I'd LOVE to do this.
my heart is pumping just thinking about it...
