Not my photostream! Just something I found to show a tukul. B
> On 2 Nov 2016, at 08:49, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > Bob, I had an enjoyable time scrolling through your Photostream. Many of the > images .could be in my back yard. I suppose rural, third world Africa is much > the same all over. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Bob W-PDML > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 9:57 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Cliche/homage/icon - ranchos de taos > > That's the same way that indigenous Britons built their's. In Ethiopia I went > for a long walk one day and came upon a man and his family re-roofing their > thatched tukul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kolfekeranyo/2969327740/). He > asked me to buy him a tin roof, which I declined. > > B > > On 2 Nov 2016, at 06:34, Alan C <c...@lantic.net<mailto:c...@lantic.net>> > wrote: > > The indigenous Africans build traditional thatched huts (rondavels) using > smallish tree trunks & then plaster the walls with with mud. The overhanging > thatched roofs keep the walls dry so they are actually quite durable. When > brick construction with minimal overhang corrugated iron roofs took over, > many still used mud rather than cement for building. The consequences were > often disastrous because driving rain leached out the mud & the whole hut > collapsed. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: ann sanfedele > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 7:24 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Peso: Cliche/homage/icon - ranchos de taos > > Regarding the unfinished adobe... you looked before I loaded three more... > > I showed that one especially to reveal the way the traditional adobe > dwellings were/are constructed.. > > anyway, glad you found them interesting > > On 11/2/2016 12:48 AM, Alan C wrote: > Very interesting images, Ann. Nothing like anything I've ever seen. I hope > the last one is now plastered. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: ann sanfedele > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 6:06 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Peso: Cliche/homage/icon - ranchos de taos > > arrow over one place for the BW version...(anticipating the > suggestionfor what should be the obvious reason to some) > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Taos-and-Santa-Fe-memories/i-mjgGSn7/A > > I'm working on a Taos/Santa Fe GESO which the peso is in, butthe other > photos all need dust removal and other edits.. feel free to browse with > > that in mind.. I'll replace them one by one as I get them cleaned up but > at least you can see what they place looked like back a few years... > > ann > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net<mailto:PDML@pdml.net> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net<mailto:PDML@pdml.net> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
