six close up - six at home, close up

[joebanks]

I set myself a little project yesterday afternoon, and shot some pictures around the yard.



I bought this at the thrift, it's not as old as it looks.






Hear me talking about the garden this year? Well, the marigolds are doing good.




Bark of a crab apple; a misshappen little tree susceptible to blight, it doesn't bloom every year, some summers the leafs fall off by August.






Couldn't decide between these two: One of the original cast iron door hinges from the house. On the bottom, the hinge rests on an old roofing slate that was also once part the house. Why the previous owners couldn't scrape together the cash to restore what is essentially a permanent roof, is beyond me.




The previous owners were also fossil collectors; rocks like these were left around the foundation.




And of course, the foundation of our place.

Comments

[earthmother45.livejournal.com]

I really like the last photo--the little ivy creeping upward! Without a good foundation . . . ,

[nodressrehersal.livejournal.com]

I LOVE that old hinge - there must be a fun project you could use that for, joebanks! Our local "ReUse" store has been posting customer photos of creative uses for old windows, tin ceiling tiles, etc. and I love that kind of stuff.

[beoj.livejournal.com]

Thanks, yes the ivy clings to anything, years ago it creeped up my aluminum siding and the roots are still attached.

[beoj.livejournal.com]

Most of the old ones have snapped, cast iron is brittle; maybe just screw it on slab of wood and hang it?

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

I like your last one best, too.

And I also love that hinge.