Old Home Place 1985
The summer after I finished school I set off into the mountains of
North Carolina to build a log cabin, armed with a few books, and hand
tools, but no experiance or skills. I set up my tent and expected it
to take six weeks to build. Six months later I still hadn't finished
the chimney or started the roof. But this is what it looked like on a
misty November morning a few years later.
I lived here for about eight years, and owned it for about fifteen
years after I built it in 1976 with local fieldstone and oak logs I
cut, peeled and notched on the site, working alone with hand tools. It
had no plumbing, I carried water from a nearby spring, and I heated it
in winter with about half a cord of wood a week which I cut and burned
in the open fireplace. Eventually I moved into Asheville and had to
sell it, but it was a large part of my life, and I miss it more with
each passing year.
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giraffeee, sharkart47, ♥♫G♫♥, Chipmunkmountain, and 761 other people added this photo to their favorites.
cormack13 (66 months ago | reply)
Wow, it looks great here. It really looks like it's been there for decades.
sharkart47 (59 months ago | reply)
great photo
great story
write a book about it? ;-]
♥♫G♫♥ (55 months ago | reply)
This is fabulous!
seen in The OTHER Adobe - hand built houses
bryanilona (55 months ago | reply)
Looks marvellous - congratulations!
I saw this in The OTHER Adobe – Hand built houses
anoldent (55 months ago | reply)
There was a lot of history there before I arrived. The Vance-Carson duel was fought on the mountain top to the right, in the early 1800's between two contenders for the US Congress, at which Davie Crockett officiated. There was the Old Buncombe Turnpike, a wagon road, which wound through the forest just a few yards away, to the left. The remains of Civil War trenches could still be found on either side of the wagon road, a few hundred yards behind the cabin. And there was the remains of an old moonshine still a few hundred feet away from the cabin, too. The property line was the state line between North and South Carolina, and it was surrounded on three sides by the 17,000 acre, Greenville Watershed. It was a very special place.
LEONE Photography (48 months ago | reply)
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Daniela Duncan (47 months ago | reply)
Wonderful work!
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Ian Sane (47 months ago | reply)
Great light and composition. Beautiful shot!
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Kelly Cheng (46 months ago | reply)
What a story! Glad that you have a nostalgic photo as momento.
Ameer Hamza (46 months ago | reply)
this is so sweet and cool.
Michael Joseph Goldst... etc (46 months ago | reply)
Inspiring photograph & story. You're lucky to have such experiences.
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Bill(iudshi8uf) (46 months ago | reply)
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Bill(iudshi8uf) (46 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Second Millennium, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Zarrapastroso (46 months ago | reply)
This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Dwellings challenge Wonderful story and life project!
Swiv (46 months ago | reply)
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Roger Rodrigues (46 months ago | reply)
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brilliant work
samuel006 (46 months ago | reply)
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Kelly Cheng (46 months ago | reply)
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This has a 'home' feel that is not present in other photos.
meadow_grl (46 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition and misty atmosphere!
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sarah jessica marie burns (46 months ago | reply)
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amazing
Jim Skea (46 months ago | reply)
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Thornton Cohen (46 months ago | reply)
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happicooki (45 months ago | reply)
This is a beautiful photo, and makes me homesick! I used to live out in Hulbert, OK (kinda between Tahlequah and Muskogee, for those familiar with that area), and that area has a lot of hills and forests. I was lucky enough to live within walking distance of 14-Mile Creek, a nice calm and beautiful place for a twelve year old to fish, or swim, or just be by herself.
yeanvm (43 months ago | reply)
this is amazing your story is really inspiring
Meredith Amadee (42 months ago | reply)
this is magic. pure pre magic
Kirsty MacLennan (42 months ago | reply)
The photo and story are absolutely magical, thanks for sharing it with us, you really took my mind there to that serene cabin.
Allard One (41 months ago | reply)
I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.
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juliaelise. (40 months ago | reply)
it sounds like something haruki murakami could have written. do you regret you moved into Asheville?
anoldent (40 months ago | reply)
Aging bachelors living alone in cabins in the woods risk losing touch with reality and writing manifestos. If you ever consider carving a home out of the wilderness, be sure you find someone to share it with first. That was my biggest mistake. I love Asheville, and though I still live alone, at this stage of my life I do so comfortably, while enjoying being part of an interesting and vibrant community. Making the move was the right choice at that point of my life. I'm only sorry I had to give up what I had in order to be where I am. But then, that's Life. "Always look forward. There are never any regrets in that direction."
bekkiwilkes (39 months ago | reply)
thats breathtaking!
emmakatka (39 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photo and story.
voldy92 (39 months ago | reply)
wow, the photo is simply stunning, and the story behind it makes it all the more beautiful.
▲Riahz (39 months ago | reply)
That is such an amazing experience!
I really wish I could have such an adventure like this.
The atmosphere here is wonderful!
Gorgeous picture I must say!
Paula Gonzalez. (39 months ago | reply)
Wow.
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I saw this in the 100+ Faves group and Faved it.
nessavay (39 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
youneverarrived (39 months ago | reply)
this is amazing
...linger (39 months ago | reply)
beautiful story of hard work and dreams. it's quite a serene spot. do you think you'll visit it again someday?
anoldent (38 months ago | reply)
The couple I sold it to still own it, and have invited me back many times. But I can't go back there until I feel for certain that I've moved on. That may happen. Someday.
W i l d e r n e s s g a l [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Self Reliance for Survival, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Lynnette Henderson (37 months ago | reply)
What a marvelous accomplishment! You have a right to feel proud about this. And I can well understand how you feel about it.
W i l d e r n e s s g a l [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)
Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful image on our new group... My husband & I LOVE it sooooooooooooooooo much & live very similar to this.
Maybe you should find yourself another nice countryside property and build yourself another gorgeous cabin, it's not like you aren't capable.
Other than that, have a great day!!!! : )
~W~
patrick wilken (36 months ago | reply)
wonderful shot. it's really too bad you had to sell it. just beautiful work.
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