03 May 2009

A Sense of Place

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I've been feeling a bit nostalgic for Southern summers - the air thick and still with humidity, heat lightning in the night sky, fireflies hovering over the ground. There's something about Susana Raab's series of Southern writers' homes that perfectly captures the essence of the south.

17 comments:

Q's Daydream said...

I know how you're feeling! I miss southern summers too, Maine is not the place for me. Lovely photos! :o)

noirohio vintage said...

i LOVE these!!
I'm a sucker for square, older looking photos.
xo

kater said...

Oh I love the books!

It's funny, one of the things I always associate so much with summer is that electric, heat, cotton-candy stifling thunderstorm air! I really miss it at my old house, where the trees were really dense and they got all scary!

Thanks for sharing :)

muchlove said...

these are beautiful.

Lo said...

I love your description-- I miss them too! Luckily I will begin my summer in the south in exactly two weeks :)

Anonymous said...

oh that definitely puts me a summer mindset, perfect

Jules said...

Lovely photos.;D
And i love that second pic with a lot of books.I'm in love with it.;D
Have a wonderful week.;D

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corrie said...

It's my dream in life to have a library room like that.

Unknown said...

I want that phone.;D

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Hannah said...

Fireflies hovering over the ground? Sounds magical..

karl's sweet child said...

i always fond for southern life!

AlicePleasance said...

These make me feel nostalgic about something I've never even experienced! I can feel the mood though, my childhood summers sounds quite similar at the ones you described :-)

Lauren said...

I should've known they'd all be from Mississippi! I will never understand people's fascination with Faulkner, but his house is beautiful, I walk to it a lot in the summer, through the woods when the weather is nice. At least until it gets so hot and humid that the sun seems to beat you down when you walk outside, but June is nice; thousands of fireflies and great big blustery thunderstorms rolling through woods and cotton fields.

Ambroisine said...

I'm loving those pictures so much..I adore the light in the last picture ! Thx for sharing those, this photographer is so talented !

YuriNakamura said...

JUst Adore the pictures, the photography done by the artist is just stunning!
Great Blog.
xx.

please sir said...

One of my favorite photo series!

Anonymous said...

Those photos are beautiful, and so familiar. I grew up in South Alabama, and now I'm in Nashville. Nashville isn't southern to me at ALL. I miss home.