Nikon 7900 image. I decided to post a few photos that are neither in my normal �manipulated� style nor of my usual subjects (insects and flowers). Tonight�s posting is a �straight� photo of an old house I pass when I take the county back roads to the nearest town. In the spring it has 1000�s of blooming daffodils all around it (I will post some when spring arrives). It is of a style referred to in the American South as a �Dog-Trot�. This style of construction started in the mid 1850�s and by the 1940�s it became less popular. The original design was a result of expediency. The rural south had a lot of poor farmers and share croppers. Their first homes were usually log cabins built with timbers from the land. As they prospered and had larger families, they needed more room than the original log cabins provided. It is a lot of work to add on to a log cabin efficiently so they simply built a 2nd log cabin about 8� away from the 1st then added flooring to match the height of the two cabins floors and joined the roofs together, thus leaving a �breezeway� between the two. Usually a porch was added across the entire front and back also. This turned out to be a very good design for the region. It provided a funneling effect for cooling winds to pass thru and help with the hot environment. The porches gave shade and the breezeway gave a protected storage area and shelter for the family dogs. The cooking area would be in one of the cabins so the heat from the cook fires did not heat up the sleeping area in the other cabin. The family, its pets and stray livestock all gathered in the breezeway area to enjoy the refreshing winds. Thus the term �dog-trot� was applied because the dogs could just trot right thru from one side of the house to the other. I can remember when my grandparents and several aunts or uncles lived in such cabins. This particular example of this type construction is a bit unusual not only because so few of them remain but also because it consists of three cabins and two breezeways. It is therefore referred to as a �Double Dog-Trot�. I am unsure of the age of this one but I am sure it is at least 60 years old and possibly as much as 100 years, though I have some reservations about it being as old as that. Tomorrow I will post a 2nd photo of this cabin. Thanks to all who view and especially to those who comment. Both are greatly appreciated. Lee