This photo was taking while wandering around on the grounds of The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. This was the home that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne to write the novel, The House of the Seven Gables. The building you see is the Counting House (circa 1830). These building were used by sea captains to conduct business.
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TB Markinson is an American who's recently returned to the US after a seven-year stint in the UK and Ireland. When she isn't writing, she's traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs in New England, or reading. Not necessarily in that order.
Her novels have hit Amazon bestseller lists for lesbian fiction and lesbian romance.
She cohosts the Lesbians Who Write Podcast (lesbianswhowrite.com) with Clare Lydon. TB also runs I Heart Lesfic (iheartlesfic.com), a place for authors and fans of lesfic to come together to celebrate lesbian fiction.
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What a cute hut…and look at the view… so enticing.
The view was amazing. I love water!
What a wonderful sight! I will pass this on to my son; he loved The House of Seven Gables when he read it.
I read the novel for the first time last year and loved it. I wasn’t expecting much since I wasn’t a fan of the Scarlet Letter, but this one was fantastic. I think your son would love the home. It was fun picturing the characters in the novel lurking in the home.
Beautiful! I love how so many of your photos induce such a peaceful feeling!
Thanks! I fell in love with the scenery there.
I love this image. It looks so modern, and yet the ties to Nathaniel Hawthorne. I love it. Out where I am it’s all Kit Carson and Billy the Kid, so it’s nice to see some of the history from my childhood. Thank you!
Thanks Katie. I grew up in the West so when I moved out East I loved all the history. Not that the history in the West is boring but I love the history from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War so I was in heaven out East.
glad I can visit vicariously through you!
🙂 Glad you liked it.
The view is fantastic 🙂 Beautiful 🙂
I would love to live there and see the view every day.
It looks like a very small house.
It is. Only big enough to conduct business.
A counting house by the sea, sounds like my perfect office!
It has a great view!
Nice.
Thanks Meredith!
Very nicely composed picture with the tree as the centre point. I bet it was chilly working there in winter.
Oh I can only imagine! Especially when the wind and snow were kicking up. That would not be fun.
Im headed that way at the end of the year. I’m taking your travel photos as travel advice!
There is a lot to see! Where are you going?
Beautiful shot, feels so peaceful 🙂
I would love to live near there.
Gorgeous…
Thanks Hook!
Lovely view.
Wouldn’t it be lovely to sit there and do your work? I would daydream too much and not get that much done.