Hi Billy,
One from me, but I couldn't workout what was happening on the right hand side of the photo, so I'm afraid I've cut some of it off.
Pat
That's beautiful Pat! You sure did a wonderful job on the "good bits" and that's what counts! The picture is old and rather faded, but the structures off to the right side were probably outbuildings or perhaps even the neighbors houses. You are right in saying it's difficult to make them out in the picture. I could not quite make them out either.
The houses down in the bayou country (swamps) were very basic wooden structures usually built a couple of feet off the ground by the men folk in the family. They were what we called "Shotgun" houses in the far southern US when I was growing up. That term came from the fact that you could open the front door and the back door of the house and shoot a shotgun through the house without hitting anything!
I almost bought one of these houses in the late 60's when I lived down there for a while. This was my wife's extended family and suddenly I went to having a handful of relatives to having dozens of them. It was great and very educational for me. All were descended from the French, called themselves Cajuns and were very proud of their heritage. My parents were English and I was really different from them so they teased me and called me English. They loved me and I loved them back and we just had the best times together!
Anyway, I plan to share the new and improved photos with the Danos family and I'm sure that they will be as thrilled with them as I am.
Thank you once again for coming to my rescue and restoring one of my old family photos for me, Pat!
All the best,
Billy
PS- I just had another look at the original scan and I think the object off to the right is the chicken coop. It is made of corrugated roofing tin with chicken wire just above it so the chickens can look out and be happy. Happy chickens lay tastier eggs!