Family Stories
I was going through some photos the other day on the camera and ran across these.
My husband and I went last year to visit my aunt, not long before she passed away. We took this from the top of the mountain. He had pulled the car as far into the weeds as we could so I could get the photo. I like how the sun is still shining on the tops of the mountains even though the valleys have started to darken. Both my parents’ families are from this area, so there are a lot of family stories surrounding the area. These are alwasy good fodder for story ideas.
I love this photo. Doesn’t it look like the road to just about anywhere?
My aunt lived just down the road from here. Yes, I believe one or two of these houses is still occupied. When I was a girl, I used to spend the day with my aunt when we came in to visit. One of her neighbors lived in one of these little shacks, and she used to come to my aunt’s to shower every day or so. Yep, you guessed it. No indoor plumbing.
Hard to believe, isn’t it? There are some places even in the US that still don’t have indoor plumbing. I’d bet some of these houses still don’t have it. I’m going to go make some coffee and think about how lucky I am!
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April 2nd, 2007 at 12:36 pm
These pictures are beautiful…and they make me home sick. I’m with you: the way the sun plays in these pictures gives them a lot of character. I am a sucker for a family story. I think it is a theme among natives of the American South. (Probably other parts of the country, too, but I can’t really say.)