Tiny House in a Landscape

The Andes are the world’s longest continental mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. Stone ruins lost for centuries have only recently come to light. Ancient civilizations such as the Chachapoyas “Cloud People” have left but a few clues to … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

I have had the opportunity of viewing the northern lights on one of our trips up into Canada, but they were very mild and nothing like this. It is a very beautiful exhibit of nature and with this cabin or barn in the foreground makes for a perfect picture. I … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape picture is of a log cabin with a unique saltbox style roof covered with a couple of feet of snow. It appears that someone is inside enjoying a cozy fire and a good hot meal. This is a very peaceful winter scene and … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is of a dreamy winter scene on a lakefront. I like the way the cabins are lined up along the lakes edge and the snow is falling. It looks like a wonderful place to live or to go visit during the winter time … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

Cordillera Negra

Ian Anderson sent me this beautiful photograph he took in northern Peru. I’ll let him tell you a little more about it. Here is a photo of a small house in a landscape. It is actually a bunk house for a climbing area in the Cordillera Negra in northern Peru. … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

Kevin shot this on his way back from his cabin in New Mexico in the San Luis Valley. And although it does not show a house prominently in the land scape there are some out there (really small in the picture). I plan on featuring Kevin’s cabin sometime in the … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

It’s December and time a for a few winter pictures of tiny houses and cabins in the snow. I thought I’d start with one that just had a light dusting of snow and gradually get into the pictures with lots of snow later in the dead of winter. This picture … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is of a storm approaching two rustic cabins on a lake. The cabins are rather run down, but the bicycle beside the one cabin suggests that it may still be in use. A little elbow grease and a couple of weeks of work … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

This is a very interesting building, it looks like some sort of chapel with the cross above it. It would be interesting to know more about this photo. The chapel appears to be high up in some mountains and probably has a beautiful view. If anyone has ever seen this … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

This photo was taken in the autumn in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. (Correction) This is outside of the town of Crystal – south of Marble and Redstone, about and hour and a half drive’s south of Glenwood Springs. Photograph by Bobby Douglas, thanks Rene for finding this beautiful photo. … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

Dave sent me the information about these photos that are on a really cool site of historical pictures called Shorpy Historic Archive.

Dugout house of homesteaders Faro and Doris Caudill with Mount Allegro in the background. Pie Town, New Mexico. The Caudills at dinner. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.

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Before industry and technology gave us sawmills and frame houses, this is how the average person lived in much of the world. The dugout or pit house, with sod roof, log walls and earthen floor, is among the most ancient of human dwellings — at some point in history your ancestors lived in one.

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Tiny House in a Landscape

This is the first weekend in October and the feel of fall is in the air, I thought this picture was appropriate for this weeks Tiny House in a Landscape. It makes me want to take a walk down this trail and than stop and sit on one of these … Read more