I dream of crofting

I never had imagined that I would go to Scotland.  But, I did. I had imagined Scotland to be like this, but it was all that and more. Five days at the Scottish Highlands, and I was hooked. I still dream of the landscapes I saw from the bus windows. The Glens and the still mirrors of the lochs.its what a traveller's dreams are made of.

 If I start writing about Scotland,  it may never end. So, obsessed that I am about houses, I will share some photographs of croft homes that I took. Crofting is working on a little piece of land (croft) , and living off it. Crofting conflicts everything that I am, its hard work,  very hard, fighting bad weather,  living where there may or may not be running water or proper sanitation facilities,  living with smelly farm animals and things like that. But I am willing to do it,  just so I could live in a crofter dwelling. Who wouldn't with views like this ?

Thatched roof croft dwelling

Or a room with a view like this ?

One who lives here cannot live anywhere else,  right ?

Its the kind of homes I have drawn pictures of all my life ! They do exist,  not a figment of my imagination these.

crofters dwelling at the edge of the sea

 'I would never budge till spring' said Eliza Doolittle ...or summer or fall or winter ....

These homes are built by the farmers themselves with the help of their neighbors , with whatever little building material are available locally. So, they are never fancy or unnecessarily large. Works for me ;)

Isle of Skye

Maybe, I'll live on the egde of a loch on the Isle of Skye. Wont budge.