Carver's Photographic Journey: ABC Wednesday: V is for veranda(h)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

ABC Wednesday: V is for veranda(h)

Veranda has varied spellings since verdandah is another way that it's spelled.

The Moses Cone Manor has a veranda around part of it. As you can see in the front shot below part of the front has windows and is not a verandah, but on the other side of the entrance is a veranda and it wraps around the sides. I usually call verandas porches but a porch can be enclosed with a screen or glass and verandas are usually open with only a roof and railing. A veranda can also refer to the entrance so if the part below only had the small veranda in front of the door and didn't wrap around it could still be a veranda. According to that definition my front stoop could be a veranda but that would be silly since my stoop is a stoop not worthy of a fancy word like veranda.

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23 comments:

Arija said...: That's a neat little shack. Here in Australia verandahs are an important shield against the sun and provide shade for sitting under as well as shading the walls of the house to keep the summer heat out.; December 13, 2011 at 6:56 AM
photowannabe said...: Pretty fancy veranda photos. When I hear that word I think of mint julups and Southern humidity.; December 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM
MaR said...: What lovely architecture and beautiful verandas...!!

V is for verdigris; December 13, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Cezar and Léia said...: wow magnificent veranda!
This facade is adorable!
Léia; December 13, 2011 at 12:20 PM
VioletSky said...: That is one beautiful entrance!
I grew up with the word veranda, but it seems to be slowly replaced by porch.; December 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Kathy said...: The houses of the wealthy have verandas. The houses of ordinary people (like me) have porches! Love your photos, and living in the eastern part of Texas where we were greatly influenced by the South, there are quite a few homes with verandas here (but there are even more with porches!).; December 13, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Roger Owen Green said...: lovely veranda! (Tho I never have seen it spelled with an h.)

ROG, ABC Wednesday team; December 13, 2011 at 1:55 PM
EG CameraGirl said...: I would love to have a verandah on my home like that, especially if my house would look like that. :); December 13, 2011 at 3:04 PM
Gigi Ann said...: Love those verandahs, they are lovely.; December 13, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Shooting Parrots said...: An impressively blue sky to show off the white of the verandah!; December 13, 2011 at 4:59 PM
Latane Barton said...: That is a magnificent house... did I say house? I mean mansion. Okay, I'll let you know when I move in.; December 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...: Any way you spell it, I love them. Thinking of some of the old estates we've toured -- just pour us a lemonade (or a mint julep)!; December 13, 2011 at 6:46 PM
SandyCarlson said...: That's one beautiful manor. Your photos are just great.; December 13, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Meryl said...: What a beautiful home!; December 13, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...: The second photo looks like an iced cake.

Houses I grew up in Borneo have a verandah, keeps us warm so we don't have to be inside all the time.; December 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Wanda said...: Wow....those are no little verandas. Never had a home with one...; December 13, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Chubskulit Rose said...: Very grand!

Please come and see the Voyage of the Mermaid. Happy holidays!; December 14, 2011 at 12:18 AM
Kay L. Davies said...: A beautiful building, Carver, and I have a soft spot for verandas, no matter how they're spelled. When my husband sees a house with a veranda, he calls it a "Kay House"!

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel; December 14, 2011 at 2:05 AM
Gattina said...: I could just move in !; December 14, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Rambling Woods said...: Love that house..I didn't know there was more than one spelling...; December 14, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Unknown said...: That's how we spell veranda too. This manor is awesome I love the white paint it look very elegant.

ABC Wed.; December 14, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Tumblewords: said...: Love your description of the big porch noun. :) What a place that is. It would be fun to wander around there until it needed the windows washed and the floors mopped.; December 14, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Anonymous said...: so spic and span clean and white, amazing; December 19, 2011 at 3:30 PM

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