Tuesday, August 3, 2010

coming home

"Old Dude II" is a little find on our way home from Reno. There is a short-cut that takes you through a beautiful valley with few inhabitants! We saw this old house on the side of the road that defied gravity - leaning so far, one would think breathing on it would cause it to crumble - yet it stands and majestically so!


I can only imagine the early settlers that built this homestead and worked the land. I'm sure their posterity allows this structure to stand as a monument to their courage to live in such a place. You can see that they completely farm all the way around it and must feel close to their ancestors as they plow and cultivate the fields. I couldn't help but think, as we zoomed by in our very comfortable, air-conditioned car, what they were like.

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old dude 1

old dude closeup


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old dude 4



old dude b&w


6 comments:

Jonna said...

Flat out Gorgeous Berta!

Anonymous said...

TIMBER!! that looks like i could blow it down! i love when you go new places because you never fail to find some gems worth photographing. i love this post,i have such a talented mom!

hugs,
w

Griffin said...

Awesome!!!

Marcelle said...

OM golly gosh these are amazing...please share how you get such stunning photo's ~ I so want to learn...

Kerstin said...

yessss - I am asking the same thing like Marcelle - would you please come over and show us how to do those BRILLIANT shots???

Francine said...

These pictures are just breath taking! Soooo beautiful! The green fielt is awsome, and also the sky and the clouds. I really love it.