#southern life

[bazzys]

Ain't der no mo.

#bazzys #bazzyshouse #southern gothic #new orleans #louisiana #americana #the big easy #southern life #black #liquor #life

[kimberly40]

A Southern Tradition: The Dogtrot House-

Prior to the advent of air conditioning, an understanding of local environments enabled southerners to build in ways that buffered the harsh climatic realities. The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The main style point was a large breezeway (instead of a hallway) through the center of the house to cool occupants in the hot southern climate.

The dogtrot is also known as “two pens and a passage”. One room was typically used for sleeping and the other for cooking. The covered open center passage was the main sitting room in warm weather that was cooled naturally by breezes that intensified in the open passage. The center passage was often used as the dog kennel and thus the name dog trot.

The original dog trots were made of logs with a fireplace on each end. Later dog trots were framed with wood siding.

The first time I ever heard of it was from the “Outlander” Series. The house in Frasier Ridge was a Dogtrot house.

•Read more at Dogtrot houses at https://craneisland.com/2019/11/06/a-southern-tradition-thedogtrot/

#appalachian #appalachian mountains #north carolina #appalachian culture #appalachia #western north carolina #the south #nc mountains #mcdowell county #mcdowellcounty #southern #southern home #southern life

[labradoritedreams]

#southern gothic #old farmhouse #rural gothic #southern life #i put a spell on queue

[dabbertcustomblades]

Winn Dixie had a great deal on pork tenderloin, so the wife pick up 20# and I spent the day slow cooking them on the grill over oak. We like to use this when we make beans.

#bbq #pork tenderloin #home cooking #cooking #southern life #southern living

[noose-lion]

My dad, taking 10-11 year old me to cut trees and split wood at ass-a-clock in the morning: Here's breakfast. *hands me two Mcsausage biscuits and a route 44 Dr. Pepper*

Me: This is literally the best day ever.

#and it was #till my mom showed up #southern life #jesters privilege #jester lore #jester's ramblings

[fanartandfanfiction]

I heard the most southern thing this morning (I’m traveling in Tennessee)

Person: Hey Rob! How are you doin?

Rob: Welp I’m hangin on like a hair in a biscuit!

Me: -cackles-

#southern living #southern life #life in the south #yeehaw

[headspacedad]

#sound on #southern life #matt mitchell #Youtube

[electricswamp]

camper.

#rural #southern life #film phogoraphy #electric swamp

[personal-blog243]

American Southerners when they see a cloud or when the sun sets before 8pm:

Oh it’s too sad and depressing! I’m suicidal! 😭My mental health is suffering! 😭I need socializing like an animal! let me out of the house! Early sunsets are giving me a mental disorder!!😭😭😭😭

American southerners when their homes are being devastated by floods and multiple tornadoes resulting in millions of dollars in property damage:

Yeeeeehhaaaawww! This is so cool! 🎉Let’s have a party on the front porch and praise the awesome majesty of God!! 🥳

#southern culture #America #american culture #seasonal affective disorder #southern life #mental health

[sweaterkittensahoy]

This video contains zero lies.

#southern family #southern life #it's a southern thing #so many thanksgivings having to eat at two houses or more #the camping chairs #the ice #hilarity #Youtube

[stevie-elle]

My friend is a wildlife rehabber and someone dropped a baby deer who's mom was hit by a car. He was sent to a reserve where he will live the rest of his life with a domesticated herd.

#baby deer #fawn #southern life #southern us

[randofics]

My kinda southern romance

#southern #north carolina #romantic #southern life #fanfic #batman #transformers prime #peter parker #avengers fic

[kimberly40]

Grave houses, also called a grave shelters, were sometimes seen in the South, especially Appalachian areas, to protect loved ones’ graves from the elements and grave robbers. They usually resemble small houses with peaked roofs, and could be made of logs, lumber, stones or brick.

Grave houses are believed to be of European origin where house-tombs in Catholic countries were widespread. Most of the surviving grave houses can be found the in Appalachia, upper South and southeastern parts of the United States.

As soon as the burial was complete, some mountain folk constructed a grave house or grave shelter to cover the grave to provide extra protection from rain, snow and sleet. They were usually constructed in family cemeteries and covered little more than the length and width of the burial site. The typical grave house was rectangular with open sides, picket fencing and gables at the head and foot of the grave. Most of them were enclosed structures so that animals and grave robbers would not disturb the departed. Some grave houses varied from having low latticed houses resembling doll houses to some made out of rock with a tin roof.

Not much is known about the original purpose of grave houses but one can rationalize aside from superstition that they served to keep livestock and wild animals off the grave, provide shade for visiting family members, maintain a memorial to our loved ones and give comfort and a home to the dearly departed spirit. Some grave houses may contain more than one grave.

Today, grave houses of Appalachia are vanishing. Most of the grave houses constructed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have decayed, disappeared or have been torn down. Long past family cemeteries that have been isolated and forgotten have disappeared from the landscape due to neglect and overgrowth of foliage.

References:

•James K. Crissman, Death and Dying in Central Appalachia: Changing Attitudes and Practices (1994).

•M. Ruth Little, Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers (1998).

•Mildred J. Miller and Pat M. Crooks, Time Is, Time Was: Gravestone Art, Burial Customs and History: Iredell County, North Carolina (1990).

#appalachian mountains #appalachian #north carolina #appalachian culture #appalachia #western north carolina #the south #nc mountains #appalachian folklore #southern #southern gothic #southern life #southern history

[labradoritedreams]

Frank, resident red panda at the Mill Mountain Zoo, enjoying his breakfast (February 2024).

#red panda #ailurus fulgens #southern life #my photo #i put a spell on queue

[dabbertcustomblades]

Gracie watching TV with me.

#hound dog #my dog #beagles #my beagle #dogs #retirement #southern living #southern life #saturday

[lifeinthesouth]

Doune Castle. One of my favorite places in Scotland.

#doune castle #life in the south #southern life #castle #Scotland #uk #sword #monty python #holy grail