HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE

On the range indeed! Thanks for posting a very large image of this; it allowed me to see the satellite dish and to smell breakfast being cooked. I like this image very much!

Thanks. There are lots of cool things here like the dish, the barby, the water bottle, and even a little set of figurines just back of the dish. A real scene if ever I saw one.

Shawn! You can smell breakfast being cooked? Sorry, but as I get older, my long term memory gets more and more erratic. I think I can hear quarrels and the utensils from that breakfast you smell getting chucked across the room and making contact with the unfortunate head of the husband, who was not satisfied with that meal, his wife, his van, his life. Even as we speak, I can hear police sirens distantly coming into focus, like the sound of the Aston Barret's base from Bob Marley's "Natural Mystic".

 

"Many more will have to suffer

 

Many more will have to die

 

Don't ask me why.

 

Things are not the way they used to be.

 

I won't tell no lie.

 

One and all will have to face reality now.

 

No one tries to find the answers

 

To all the questions they ask

 

No one knows it's impossible

 

To go living through the past

 

I won't tell no lie.

 

There's a natural mystic blowing through the air..."

David, I had missed the figurines because they are so small, but I'll bet a close shot of them, the dish and the front corner of the trailer would make a great photograph (assuming the photographer does not get shot first).

Emmanuel, I was not going to mention the Bob Marley tune because I didn't want to tell about the other sweet, smoky smells that are in the air. But yes, the imagination runs wild with this fine image...

Shawn can't help it. He's just a romantic sort. I know you were being tongue in cheek, Shawn, so don't get mad for the comment. Thanks for the view and the excellent commentary.

Some detail will be missed if not viewed larger.

Perfectly bleak. This could be a stage set out of The Misfits.

The larger image makes a different, I like your work David !

I enjoy your images too.

Bleak it is. That's probably the best word that could be used for this one.

Love the pastel colors, probably could rent this place pretty reasonable for my next "camp", everything's there....refrig, stove (sorta), yard ornaments, air conditioning, and wide open spaces. Hotel Pinko!

Welcome back girl. I've been posting Montana/Idaho pics damn near eevry day, and you're not around to see what I found in your state. Big disappointment.

"Cowboy up" David, I'm back and cruisin' through everyone's portfolios and I just love what all you fella's have been posting from my neck of the woods. I've always been a big fan of your "slum-shots" and I appreciate your take on the Montana back streets, board walks, and out West lifestyles.

probably, once upon a time, it wasn't bleak. Knowing these trailer type units, the vast majority of them have better plumbing, better heat than the average upscale european house of the sixties. I've been out in the nasty boonies in one of these, nice and warm, munching on food. It was great. often folks live in them to the point of no return. Then they depart, leaving their stuff behind.

Let us not forget to mention the wonderful effect that color is playing here. Fantastic, subtle and at the perfect volume.

What I like most are the colors faded by time..with a smooth light (practically no shadow) it goes so well aesthetically with the snow and sky...then the story behind and the things leftover...a very nice image David...

Thanks for the comments. This is one of my favorites from the Montana trip. I'm sorry to say, I think it reflects our future American landscape.

looks like i'm late for breakfast, but maybe there's a cold one in the fridge. now, is that van the "mother-in-law cottage"? this one should be in a museum!

That van could be mother-in-law, or doghouse when hubby forgets the anniversary.

Beautiful color palette!

Thanks a lot. Maybe it should have been called, "Home on the Range In Pastel."

What an invironments, places.. yes, realy a kind of adventure translated in shooting adventures! Do feel it!

What a place! The chair, the barbecue, the fridge all in the place. What is this greenish mini-van? a VW? Nice camping, total luxury. I believe, I seeing a satellite dish too, on the ground.

 

Have a wonderful holiday season David.

 

 

Cheers; Bela

A belated thanks. Have a great holiday season.

Thanks for commenting. We haven't communicated in quite some time. Have a good holiday season and a great new year.