Beautiful Kathleen - I like the rock post hidden in there!
stones, rocks, boulders & erratics
Wow, the rocks are as pretty as flowers!
Thank you. The post was cut as a hitching post, but never used. Stan found it off to one side down in the quarry.
I remember seeing hitching posts at victorian houses when I was a little girl, usually had a ring in them. also a stone block at the end of the sidewalk at the street to step on when alighting from a carriage.
NO I'm not an antique, my grandmother told me.
The one back in the woods, as I recall, has a ring, or what's left of one. It is on an old home site. There's a partial cellar hole and some stone steps down into it and there is minimal evidence of where the barn stood. It's mostly grown up to trees now.
Those sites always give me a sad feeling.
My family owned a summer place ,little greek revival house barn across the road you couldn't get two cars in.
On a woods walk we discovered a cemetary with at least twenty stones, smallpox epidemic in the late 1800's
Anyone else see the stone mason that was featured on CBS Sunday morning show? It's the one that used to be hosted by Charles Kuralt. Incredible!
ge, I know what you mean. In this case, small farmsteads were combined into large family farms - two 70 acre farms were combined to form our farm, very small by today's standards.
Dave, I didn't see that, but we did see something on the History Channel a while back. We got Stan some feathers and wedges and he's played around with them some. The sound change when the rock is about to break is amazing.
It's really an art. The guy who did my blue stone walkway years ago was really old school. He was 76 at the time and did everything himself. Hardly had to use the saw!
Louise - the rock is under a tree and gets only a little sun. I still have to make sure to water or they start to wilt.
Where I grew up, indian lore was very rich. There is a rock not far from there called Cochegan Rock which is where the Sachem (chief) of the Mohegans held his meetings. I visited this rock a number of times as a child. The history of the Mohegan tribe is very interesting. I was blessed to have met both Chief Harold and his sister Gladys Tantaquideon.
http://www.sachem-uncas.com/cauchegan.html
Wonderful Indian Lore.
Cool, Nance!
The outcropping in my yard is about 12-15 feet at its tallest. I love the way this tree grows off the rock. The tree is about 70 feet tall.
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On the shorter end of the same side is my pond. I just rebuilt it. You can see places where I still need to cover some liner
Here is a close up
Side view
Dreamy, David!
All the rocks and outcroppings look so beautiful. I love that we, as gardeners, choose to work with them, rather than against them. And that by doing so, we often enhance their beauty and story.
David - That is beautiful! Such a natural-looking scene. Tranquil.
Great use of the stone and large outcropping, Dave! I love to see ponds that are tucked up to large boulders like yours. There's just something about the trickle of water over the stone that is so peaceful. Nice job!
Thanks everybody!
Schicken, the fish eat the larvae, so no mosquitoes.
Very nice, Dave. Looks perfectly natural.
I just got a book last week called Weird Massachusetts (there's one on NJ also at present). It has a section on rocks, erratics, and caves - very interesting!
Louise, here's an up-close of the fairy door. I got it on-line, I think eBay.
I put a few flat stepping stones in front of the door for them, and some miniature hostas 'Mouse Ears'. The iris is definitely getting moved!
Might be too late to mention now, but there is a Nova special airing now in WNY about the formation of the Scablands, showing many erratics and their history and piece in the puzzle.
That tree is very cool, the way it is grabbing the rock, looks like a big hand. A very lovely scene and like every one says it looks so natural. Really nice work Dave.
Sue the little door is too cute. Perfect placement. I love it. And the little stepping stones a great touch. :)
Thanks Victor & ngam.
Sue, love your fary door!
Oh, Sue, really, really sweet! David, those were magic words you just said, about the fish eat the mosquito larvae. So a pond doesn't necessarily need a pump stream waterfall, etc, as long as it has fish.
You need something to get oxygen into the water. Not sure if plants alone would be enough . Water features reduce mosquitoes and aerate the water.
Hmmm it always comes down to O2, doesn't it? Roots, flowers, mosquitoes, water, whatever!
I got up to church yesterday, did some weeding and took some pictures.
first, here's the view
the parsonage basement steps. Stan cut the steps from one rock with his wedges and feathers.
parsonage garden
Wow!
east side of the church
hOW BEAUTiful.
The stone cutting is what "wowed" me, in particular
west side of the church
the air conditioner 'bumper'
