We're coming from here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/890725/
Time for a new thread. The other one was getting slow........
Here's another shot of our granite stone wall that has been here (still in tact) since 1763. It runs along our gravel road and then opens up into our yard.
Nice, Louise and thanks for the new thread. I should be adding photos regularly now that I'm hiking.
Arggggh! That's the same photo I just posted on the last thread....thought I had posted one that is slightly different, but when they are cropped, by DG, they look the same. So......now you REALLY know what our stone wall looks like! LOL
That's great, Victor! I'm looking forward to sharing the sights of your hikes with you. I'm sure you must see some nice erratics like the one you just posted, as well as some nice old stone walls. Keep 'em coming!
Many erratics, walls, foundations, mines, etc.
Cool! Be sure to post each pic twice like I just did!! LOL
Sure will. Sure will.
Looking forward to see some new pics from you, Victor. Nice stone wall, Louise.
Here is a big rock near my house in Plympton, MA. I took this and the other pics I'm posting this past Sat.
Karen
It looks like it's topped with concrete, but when you take a closer look you can see that it's not. It has a lot of little rocks embedded in it. I think it was formed by volcanic pressure or something. I don't know enough about geology to say.
Thanks. Here is an old iron mine.
Here's a closer look at it.
Oh, cool, Victor. Here is one more look at that rock, and the last for me tonight.
Pretty cool 'matrix', Karen.
So they call that a matrix?
It's a general term where smaller rocks are embedded in a larger one like that.
we have found these pretty purple stones in my yard which my neighbor Barbara tells me is conglomerate puddingstone
every time she says it .... my response is... you said a mouth full
:)
Well, I learned something new today, Victor. Hey, Allison, can you eat that? ;-)
you can always try
Sounds like something you need to wash down with some prune juice!
Cool!
Victor, how do you know that's an old iron mine?
My friend, the hike leader, knows the history of the park very well. There were many iron mines in the park. One copper and a few nickel too.
Hi everyone! Hope all of you have been well. We are all still rocking here in the north country. Eleanor
Putting some of those rocks to good use. Used a fade technique on the little one's face. Eleanor
Hi Eleanor! Nice to see you posting.
grammy,
I had to get a serious magnifying glass out to read the sign by the above boulder. 1.5 BILLION!!!! years old?????? Now--that IS impressive!!!
This article appeared in the Daily Item of Lynn on Friday. This guy sounds like our kind of people, a confirmed boulder hound! I am going to go to Marblehead and get a picture of the monument and I will post it here.
Martha
Cool, Martha! Looking forward to it. Maybe we should name ourselves marbleheads!
Yeah! I like that!
Eleanor - how the heck are ya?? And how is little Colin doing? We've missed you!! How amazing to read the age of that boulder! Makes you wonder how old these erratics are, huh?
Ha ha..."it's like saving string". That's what we do!
Hi Louise! I've actually been around, but sneaking quietly. I've tried to read what everyone is doing, keep up with new people and birthdays, and then I run out of time for posting. Colin is doing better. He is getting early intervention services 5 days a week and responding. At 2 1/2 years of age he is starting to repeat words and said his first "NO" on Friday. We were thrilled that he finally let us know what he was thinking. One reason for the improvement is a stable home life. My oldest DD has been taking care of Colin and is going after custody of him. Colin's mother, my youngest, is mentally unstable and maybe bipolar. She is divorcing Colin's father and has lied to us about the circumstances and a lot of other things. She has abandoned Colin and the family. She is supposed to be an outpatient in a local psychatric hospital, but we are not sure. In other words, things are a mess right now, and I spend most of my time with Colin. When i have free time I'm trying to clear the rest of our property that borders a feeder canal on the Hudson River. Guess what is growing there????? Poison ivy!! It's a good way to get rid of anger, hurt and confusion - pulling weeds, spraying poison ivy, throwing rocks around, cutting trees and branches. I guess I've rambled on a bit, but that's the up-date on the situation. Thanks for asking and caring. Eleanor
Took Colin to a balloon festival over the weekend and he loved it!! This is one of the pics.
Sounds like the best scenario for Colin, Eleanor. Happy to hear that he has some stability now. Best of luck!
Glad to see you, Eleanor. Hugs to Colin, too.
Hi Eleanor! Watch out with that poison ivy! Colin is very lucky to have such a loving family close to him.
Thanks for caring everyone. Colin is defintely well taken care of now. Auntie's life revolves around Colin. I remember before he was born her comment was - "I'm not the aunt type and he will call me Jenn - no aunt stuff for me"! And now she's an auntie!!! I suppose when he's older it will change but for now she is wrapped around his little finger. He still doesn't call us by our names yet but we're working on it and hope that comes soon. Eleanor
p.s. - I've already gotten into the poison ivy but it will be out of there by the end of next summer!! I started taking prednisone immediately so the reaction wasn't too bad. My two goals in life - taking care of Colin and ridding my property of poison ivy.
Here's the pic I wanted to post. Colin and his Auntie Jenn enjoying the balloons. Eleanor
Hey Eleanor!
Be careful with all that Poison Ivy. When you are done with that, you can come to my house and help me eradicate the wild briars that have taken over my fence every year. Think they date back to the glaciers too. I cut it all back in the spring, but it took over since we had such a wet summer. I am going out there with Roundup soon.
It's difficult to have a child with problems. Gardening has been my outlet also. Colin looks happy and healthy in the picture! And it's all due to your care and loving.
Love,
Martha
Oh, Eleanor, it's so good to hear that Colin is thriving so well with his auntie! As Harper said, he is so lucky to have you all to nurture and surround him with love through this tough time in his young life. I'll bet his issues have likely been in reaction to his previous situation, and now with all the intervention you and your DD have been providing, I'm sure there will be some happy times ahead for you all. He is a beautiful child and a very fortunate little guy! I sure have missed "talking" with you!
Louise
I don't know you and your situation with Collin, Eleanor, but it sounds like you've done a lot of great work and put in lots of love with your grandson. It's too bad about his mother. I have a couple of close friends who have grown children with bi-polar disorder, and I work with special needs adults, some with personality and bi-polar disorders. Compulsive lying seems to go hand-in-hand with both disorders and similar ones as well. It's a tough thing for a person do deal with, and tough for the people who are close to them as well. It's great Collin has loving family to help him out where his mother can't be there for him emotionally. He is, indeed, lucky to have you and your oldest DD.
Karen
Thanks everyone for your concern and support. The situation and heartache seem to be over whelming at times. I've been trying to let go and let my daughter lead her own life and take care of her own problems, and concentrate on Colin. Unfortunately I tend to gravitate to food for comfort when i can't get out to the garden. Thanks again everyone. Eleanor
I'm there with you, Eleanor, on the gravitating towards food for comfort. The only time I don't think about food is when I'm ultrafocused on the gardening. I get so into it, that I forget about lunch until hunger drives me in, sometimes not till about 2 or 3.
Karen
Thought of this thread when I saw this rock by the lake. It seems to have split.
