In Praise of Porches: Australian verandas
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Jo Murphy
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- Australian verandas
For us it is about heat. Getting into the shade but out of the house. With the invention of airconditioning it has become less so. But I think the Aussie land of the 'great out doorsish' type thinking means that we as a nation couldn't even dream of coping with what you all seem to call 'cabin fever'
Crafts thrive on our verandas because the tendency is too hang everything.
- Hammocks,
- Pots
- Shade weavings
- Beaded hangings
- windchimes
- Some places have gnomes and gargoyles every where and the such like.
We than have landscaping kinda aimed at the verandas such as rockeries and fountains, tile art etc.
Personally I love verandas and they conjour up all kinds of nastalgic memories of craft afternoons and scultpural happenings.
Thanks for the article,
Jo
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