1800s DRY STONE WALL

MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY

LAST GATHERING OF GARDEN DILL

BLUSTERY DAY SIGNALLING THE APPROACH OF FROSTY NIGHTS.
FALLEN LEAVES ARE BEING STIRRED BY THE GUSTING WINDS. 

MY OLD BARN

WAS ON ITS LAST LEGS WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT
ADDS A RATHER AGED DIGNITY TO THE  THE LAND

OLD EARLY RIVERFRONT HOME

FOUND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN MAYSVILLE, KY

HAND BUILT LIMESTONE WALL WITH LIMESTONE STAIRS -- CIRCA MID 1800s

FALL AT MY PLACE

LEAVES PAINTED ON THE TREES ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO

MY OLD FARM GATE

SELDOM USED ANYMORE

WINTER READY

HOSE PUT IN STORAGE FOR THE WINTER

HAY FOR SALE

RURAL STEP

LARGE LIMESTONE ROCK FILLS IN FOR A PORCH STEP

FARMER'S ABSTRACT METAL ART

BOB-WIRE AT THE END OF HIS FARM FIELD FENCE

GHOST DANCE

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HAUNTED HALLOWEEN

APPEARING HAUNTED WITH EVEN REAL VULTURES ON CHIMNEY

VULTURES ON THE CHIMNEY -- PHOTOS TAKEN FROM AFAR

(P.S. VULTURES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ECOLOGICALLY)

BIKE REPAIR

AT MIKE'S HIKE AND BIKE
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY

LATE 1800s COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURAL TRIM

PILASTERS ON COMMERCIAL FACADES
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY,  MAIN STREET

MY KIND OF BOOKS

TEXTURED, WORN, LOVED AND UNDERLINED

MAPLE LEAF MAGIC

A MAJESTIC BRILLIANCE  APPEARS DURING ITS FALL PERFORMANCE

MUSTARD HOUSE PAINT

DELICIOUS!

HISTORIC MASONRY -- LIMESTONE ROCK

Rock fencing in Blue Grass area of Central Kentucky

SACRIFICIAL TREES - - -

For our consumeristic lifestyle

1916 POSTCARD -- GREETINGS WITH AFFECTION

Handwritten on front of postcard under the word Affection -- For Your Birthday

..Back of postcard the message reads--

Springfield O. Nov 20, 1916.

Dear Sister, We are living in Springfield since Sept. as children both are going to Wittenberg college, are doing fine we like it real nice. Tommy is working here in the shop he has a good job. he isent a bit-well his stomache and something is wrong with his right-eye. Margaret got a card from Lebnon Pa of Maler Issaer death. We wont get any of his money (next two words unreadable). How is Every body. wish you could come down. Your Sister, Effie. 

NOTE:: At the top of the page on the postcard is her address which has to be read holding the postcard upside down. All words, grammar, and punctuation are as read on card. 

Postmark is Springfield, Ohio, 1916, Nov 20. Postcard has one cent stamp.

OCTOBER SKY

Yesterday's autumn day -- full of cottony clouds, brisk breezes and soft sun. 

HISTORIC STOREFRONT -- KENTUCKY

SHOE REPAIR STOREFRONT
1800s original facade
Dansville Road, Lancaster, Kentucky

IT'S A BLUE WORLD

LOOMING BARN BLENDING WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE SKY

MECHANIC'S SITTING BENCH

RUGGED METAL LEGGED SITTING BENCH AGAINST THE OUTDOOR WALL OF A RURAL MECHANIC'S SHOP
MADISON, COUNTY

TIBETAN PRAYER FLAGS

Prayer flags are found strung along the Himalayas, associated with Buddism -- they are used to bless the surrounding countryside. There are five colors used: blue for sky/space, white for air/wind, red for fire, green for water, yellow for earth. Peace to you.

COLOR AND TEXTURE IN AN ALLEYWAY

Rough red brick of an old building contrasts with a grayish blue wooden door in an alleyway of Lancaster, Kentucky.

WORN BUILDING'S "SKIN" CREATES A SOFT PATINA

This old worn wooden building encourages life. Climbing vines reach for nourishing sunlight. The old second story window once provided outdoor views of nature to humans that worked within.  The outbuilding's hand-painted sign tells us that the place is now closed -- closed to humans that is but, not to nature. 

FALL CLEAN-UP

OVERTURNING ANOTHER YEAR

CHICKADEES, SEEDS, AND SUNFLOWERS

CHICKADEE'S DINNER PLATES

ON A NARROW ROADWAY

Vintage red door garage with dark blue mailbox

SAVED -- HISTORIC BRICKS FOR THE GARDEN

ROBBIE'S SIGN

ROBBIES FLEAMARKET ANTIQUES SIGN

OLD RURAL BUSINESS, KENTUCKY

NOW DEFUNCT

SHAKERISM

SHAKER GATE

SHAKER VILLAGE OF PLEASANT HILL, KENTUCKY

GRAPHIC STAMPS

CANCELLED STAMPS -- 1930s/1940s

EDITH

EDITH'S CANNING LIST ON PAPER

EARLY 1900s -- OREGON

HOLES

FALLEN TREE WITH WOODPECKER HOLES

HUB CAP GALLERY

VINTAGE BARN WITH DISPLAY OF HUB CAP COLLECTION
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY, KENTUCKY

PODS

KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE  SEED PODS

FRESHLY DUG POTATOES

FRESHLY DUG FROM THE GARDEN -- IRREGULAR SHAPED  HEIRLOOM KIND  

CRACKED RUG

Vintage Linoleum Rug from Log House