Inethiyetha yefilimu, i-Aga enezicabha eziyisishiyagalombili, usilingi wesikhumba, iso elinomugqa wegolide, indawo yomlilo evulekile, nezikrini ze-TV eziphukile ezindongeni. Ababhali bethu bavakashela umdondoshiya okhazimulayo osebeni oluhle lweLake Awe.
Kwakukusihlwa libalele ngasosebeni oluhle lwe-Loch Awe, ekujuleni kwe-Scottish Highlands, futhi kukhona okwakucwebezela ngemva kwezihlahla. Emgwaqweni owubhuqu omazombezombe, sidlula amahektha kaphayini aluhlaza, safika endaweni evulekile lapho izixuku ezimpunga ezipholile ziphuma endaweni enjengezintaba zamadwala, zibenyezela ekukhanyeni ngezinhlangothi zazo ezimahhadla, njengokungathi ziqoshwe kumaminerali acwebezelayo.
“Imbozwe izikrini ze-TV eziphukile,” kusho uMerrikel, umakhi wezinye zezinqaba ezingajwayelekile ezakhiwa e-Argyll kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1600. "Sicabange ukusebenzisa amashidi esileyithi esiluhlaza ukuze senze isakhiwo sibukeke njengendoda yasezweni egqoke i-tweed emi egqumeni. Kodwa sabe sesithola ukuthi ikhasimende lethu liyizonda kangakanani i-TV, ngakho le nto yabonakala iphelele kuye."
Uma ukude, libukeka njengetshe elincane, noma iHarlem, njengoba belibiza kanjalo lapha. Kodwa njengoba usondela kule nto empunga ye-monolithic, izindonga zayo zimbozwe ngamabhulokhi aminyene ezingilazi ezigaywe kabusha ezikrinini zamashubhu ama-cathode ray amadala. Kubonakala sengathi yembiwe kusukela kungqimba lwe-e-waste geologic yesikhathi esizayo, idiphozithi eyigugu evela esikhathini se-Anthropocene.
Lona omunye wemininingwane eminingi evusa amadlingozi yekhaya elingamamitha-skwele angu-650, eliklanywe njengomlando wokuphila komuntu u-David no-Margaret, abaphethe umndeni wezingane eziyisithupha nabazukulu abayisithupha. “Kungase kubonakale kuwubukhazikhazi ukuba nendlu elingana nenani elingaka,” kusho umeluleki wezezimali uDavid, owangibonisa amakamelo okulala ayisikhombisa, elinye lawo elaliklanywe njengekamelo labazukulu elinemibhede engubhantshi engu-8. “Kodwa siyigcwalisa njalo.”
Njengezinqaba eziningi, kwathatha isikhathi eside ukwakha. Laba bashadikazi, ababehlale eQuarier's Village eduze kwaseGlasgow iminyaka eminingi, bathenga indawo engamahektha angu-100 ngo-2007 ngo-£250,000 ngemuva kokuyibona esithasiselweni sendawo ephephandabeni lendawo. Lona umhlaba owake waba yiForestry Commission onemvume yokwakha iqhugwane. "Beza kimi nesithombe sesigodlo esihle," kusho uKerr. "Babefuna indlu engamamitha-skwele angu-12,000 enegumbi elingaphansi elikhulu lephathi kanye negumbi lesihlahla sikaKhisimusi esingamamitha angu-18. Bekufanele ilingane."
Ukuzijwayeza kukaKerr, iDenizen Works, akuyona indawo yokuqala lapho ubheka khona isithabathaba esisha se-baron. Kodwa watuswa abangane ababili, ngokusekelwe endlini yesimanje ayeyakhele abazali bakhe esiqhingini saseTire eHebrides. Uchungechunge lwamakamelo akhiwe phezu kwamanxiwa epulazi awine umklomelo we-Grand Designs Home of the Year ngo-2014. “Siqale ngokukhuluma ngomlando wezakhiwo zaseScotland,” kusho u-Kerr, “kusukela kuma-brooches e-Iron Age [izindlu zamatshe omile] kanye nemibhoshongo yokuzivikela kuya ku-Baron Pyle no-Charles Rennie Mackintosh, indawo eyisishiyagalombili kamuva abayitholile.”
Ukufika kungazelelwe, kodwa isakhiwo sidlulisa umoya wezintaba ozwakalayo ngandlela-thile uma unendawo. Imi echibini elinendawo yokuzivikela eqinile, njengenqaba eqinile, njengokungathi ilungele ukuxosha iqembu lezigelekeqe. Kusukela entshonalanga, ungabona i-echo yombhoshongo, ngendlela ye-turret eqinile engamamitha angu-10 (ngokuphambene nomqondo ojwayelekile, othweswe umqhele wehholo lesinema), nokunye okuningi kumafasitela nama-chamfers ajulile. kukhona izinkulumo eziningi zenqaba ezindongeni.
Ingxenye engaphakathi ye-scalpel, enqunywe ngokunembile nge-scalpel, imelelwa izingcezu ezincane zengilazi, njengokungathi iveza into yangaphakathi ethambile. Yize yakhiwe ngohlaka lwamapulangwe olwakhelwe ngaphambili futhi yasongwa ngamabhulokhi e-cinder, u-Kerr uchaza umumo njengokuthi “uqoshwe ebhulokhini eliqinile”, ecaphuna umdwebi wase-Basque u-Eduardo Chillida, izithombe zakhe eziqoshiwe zemabula eyi-cubic, okuyizigaba ezibaziweyo, zinikeze ugqozi. Uma ubuka eningizimu, indlu iyindlu esezingeni eliphansi ebekwe endaweni, enamagumbi okulala axhumene ngakwesokudla, lapho kunemibhede yomhlanga noma amachibi amancane okuhlunga amanzi angcolile emathangeni e-septic.
Lesi sakhiwo simi eduze kwakhe ngobuhlakani ngendlela engaqondakali, kodwa abanye basamangele. Ngesikhathi umbono wakhe ushicilelwa okokuqala kwabezindaba zendawo, abafundi abazange bazibambe. “Kubukeka njengesilima. Kuyadida futhi kuyaxaka,” kubhala omunye wabo. “Konke kubukeka kufana noDonga Lwase-Atlantic ngo-1944,” kusho omunye. “Ngingowokwakhiwa kwesimanjemanje,” kubhala omunye wabo eqenjini lendawo le-Facebook, “kodwa kubukeka njengento eyakhiwe ngumfana wami eMinecraft.”
UCole wayengenakunyakaziswa. “Kuqubule inkulumompikiswano enempilo, nokuyinto enhle,” esho, enezela ukuthi nendlu kaTyree yaqala ukusabela okufanayo. UDavid uyavuma: “Asizange sikuklamele ukuhlaba umxhwele abanye abantu.
Ukunambitheka kwabo kungenye yohlobo, njengoba kuboniswe ngaphakathi. Ngaphandle kokuzonda kwabo ithelevishini, lo mbhangqwana waphinde wadelela ikhishi elihlome ngokuphelele. Ekhishini elikhulu, akukho lutho ngaphandle kwe-Aga enkulu enezicabha eziyisishiyagalombili ebekwe ezindongeni zensimbi engagqwali epholishiwe, itafula elingaphezulu, kanye nekhabhinethi yokudla ehlanganiswe nesiliva. Izakhi ezisebenzayo - i-sink, i-dishwasher, i-sideboard - ifakwe ekhishini elincane ngakolunye uhlangothi, futhi isiqandisi esinefriji sitholakala ngokuphelele ekamelweni lezinsiza kwelinye icala lendlu. Okungenani, ubisi lwenkomishi yekhofi luwusizo ekubaleni izinyathelo.
Enkabeni yendlu kunehholo elikhulu elimaphakathi elicishe libe ngamamitha ayisithupha ukuphakama. Lena indawo yetiyetha izindonga zayo zigcwele amafasitela anemisebe ngendlela engavamile anikeza ukubukwa okuvela endaweni yesikhulumi ngenhla, okuhlanganisa nokuphrinta okuncane okungangosayizi wengane. “Izingane ziyakuthanda ukugijima,” kusho uDavid, enezela ukuthi izitebhisi ezimbili zendlu zenza uhlobo oluthile lokuhamba oluyindilinga.
Ngamafuphi, isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi igumbi likhulu ukuhlalisa isihlahla esikhulu sikaKhisimusi esinqunywa ehlathini njalo ngonyaka futhi sigxilwe ku-funnel phansi (maduze sizombozwa isembozo somgodi wethusi wokuhlobisa). Ukumadanisa izimbobo eziyindilinga ophahleni, olayini weqabunga legolide, phonsa ukukhanya okufudumele ekamelweni elikhulu, kuyilapho izindonga zimbozwe ngokhonkolo oluyinhlabathi oluxutshwe nezinhlamvu zegolide zemica ukuze kube nokucwazimula okucashile.
Amaphansi kakhonkolo opholishiwe aqukethe nezingcezu zezibuko ezincane okuthi, ngisho nangezinsuku ezisibekele, zilethe ukukhanya okucwebezelayo kwezindonga zangaphandle phakathi. Kuyisandulela esihle kakhulu segumbi elicwebezele kakhulu elisazohlotshiswa kabusha: indawo yokugcina i-whisky, ibha ehlisiwe efakwe ngokuphelele ngethusi elishisiwe. “I-Rosebank iyintandokazi yami,” kusho uDavid, ebhekisela endaweni ekhiqiza imfucumfucu eyodwa eyavalwa ngo-1993 (nakuba izophinde ivulwe ngonyaka ozayo). “Okungithakaselayo ukuthi kuwo wonke amabhodlela engiwaphuzayo, kunebhodlela elilodwa elincane emhlabeni.”
Ukunambitheka kombhangqwana kudlulela ifenisha. Amanye alawa makamelo aklanywe ngokukhethekile ngokusekelwe kumsebenzi wobuciko ogunyazwe yi-Southern Guild, igalari ye-boutique design eseKapa, ​​eNingizimu Afrika. Ngokwesibonelo, igumbi lokudlela eliwumbhoshongo elinompheme kwadingeka libhangqwe netafula lensimbi elimnyama elingamamitha amane elibheke echibini. Ikhanyiswa yi-chandelier emnyama nempunga emangalisayo enezikhulumi ezinde ezihambayo, okukhumbuza izinkemba eziphambanayo noma izimpondo, ezingatholakala emahholo enqaba ehloniphekile.
Ngokufanayo, igumbi lokuphumula lakhiwe lizungeze usofa omkhulu wesikhumba omise okwe-L ongabheki i-TV kodwa indawo yomlilo enkulu evulekile, eyodwa kwezine endlini. Enye indawo yokucima umlilo ingatholakala ngaphandle, idala indawo ethokomele kuvulandi esitezi esiphansi, enomthunzi omncane ukuze ukwazi ukufudumala ngenkathi ubuka isimo sezulu “esomile” echibini.
Izindlu zangasese ziqhubeka netimu yethusi epholishiwe, okuhlanganisa eyodwa enobhavu ababili eduze komunye nomunye - ezothando kodwa ezijatshulelwa kakhulu abazukulu abathanda ukudlala ngokubuka ukugqama kwabo ophahleni lwethusi olubukiwe. Kunobucwebe obuthe xaxa be-autobiographical ezindaweni zokuhlala ezincane endlini yonke, ezikwekwe ngesikhumba esinsomi kusukela ku-Muirhead tannery (umnikezeli wesikhumba we-House of Lords and Concord).
Isikhumba size sifinyelele ophahleni lomtapo wolwazi, lapho izincwadi zifaka ekaDonald Trump ethi How to Get Rich nekaWinnie the Pooh's Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, eqanjwe ngale ndawo. Kodwa konke akukhona lokho okubonakala. Ngokucindezela umgogodla wencwadi, ngesikhathi esingalindelekile se-Scooby-Doo farce, lonke isikhwama sezincwadi liyaphenduka, liveze ikhabethe elifihlwe ngemuva kwalo.
Ngomqondo othile, lokhu kufingqa yonke iphrojekthi: indlu iwukubonakaliswa okujulile kwekhasimende okungaqondakali, okubumba ubunzima bokuphakama ngaphandle futhi kufihle ubumnandi bokubhuqa, ukuwohloka nobubi ngaphakathi. Zama ukuthi ungalahleki lapho uya esiqandisini.