© 2014 Michael Fiveson
An old log home has a rear addition that may well serve as a mud room. This timeless piece of Americana can still be found in the Colorado high country.
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Lovely shot =)
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Well thank you.
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amazing … one can’t help wondering about the life and times of this old place, fascinating.
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Life and times, and limited time at that. Well said.
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Great shot Mike, love the processing…errr, what’s a ‘mud room’?
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A place of entry where people could take off their muddy work clothes without disturbing the rest of the house.
Thanks, James.
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Ahhh, makes sense now. Cheers Mike 🙂
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Cheers, my friend.
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Beautiful Wouldn’t mind owning that little cabin myself!
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If you did we’d play poker there and drink whiskey, like real men.
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With six-shooters strapped to our hips?
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It’s so timely you said that as I just returned from a jaunt in the country where 3 of us shot pistols on someone’s land. They weren’t strapped, but I sure am 🙂
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Great capture Mike 🙂
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Thanks Joe. I might add that I am well chinked too.
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Mike this is such a common addition to rural homes in my Canadian experience. That porch was a hub of action to be sure. Your photo takes me back as they often do. Thank you.
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So the porch was a meeting place, and not a mudroom? You are so lucky to have grown up as you did, having the visuals and open space.
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Mike on our farm it was where ‘the men’ came in from the fields to wash up before meals. My memories are the room being full of reports on what was happening out there. In early times it held the wringer washer, later an electric washer and drier. The phone also was in that room so sometimes the calls were for a neighbours help or urgent repairs. It held sick dogs, calves born too early, the location for soap making….lots of memories you brought to the surface today my friend.
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My childhood was quite different. Trade you in a…NY minute.
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Yes we did come from very different beginnings my friend. Looks like you found a lot of that open space now. 🙂
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True that.
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Mike did you see the post I did a few weeks back on Saskatchewan? That could give you an open space fix 🙂
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I will go find it Sue. I disabled all new emails for posts I follow as I was just getting too many. As such I rely on my reader and my duty to go look. I fall asleep on duty, repeatedly.
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No worries Mike. Truly. If it helps I decided a long time ago not to get email notifications for any of my blogs as it would make me nuts. I just see them in WordPress Reader. That way I can peruse without feeling overwhelmed by my inbox.
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A mud room? What would that mean?
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A place where someone could change out of their dirty clothes and shoes upon entering their home. Someone from England asked me the same question. Must be an American thing.
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Interesting. Great idea, too.!
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I’d love a little cabin like that!
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Oh, me too.
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Nice. I’ve seen a lot of log homes, but very few with a second floor!
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The modern one’s can be quite luxurious, but this one is not modern. Go figure.
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They must have done a good job of things, she’s standing square and true all these years. I always love the sky in your photo’s,
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Boomdeeedda. I think it is fun to type your handle, Yes, that stout building remains strong and firm. Thank you.
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I just take for granted that folks know what mud rooms are. I wish I had one in my current home … as it is, the kitchen floor is in constant need of sweeping.
This cabin looks in good shape. Is it being used currently?
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When I was there I saw no sign of usage, but it may well be a summer cabin and no one was there when we were.
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