By hand, and alone, he's building this drystack stone wall behind his home.
Stone is gathered from his stream after storms.
Of course there's a gorgeous woman in this story. Queen of the realm. She rules thru culinary skill, aesthetics, intellect, humor, experience, wisdom, patience, & love..
What stories are in your landscape?
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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Pics taken in Kentucky last weekend. Have always had a piquant fascination for old stone walls. Wanting to know when they were built, who was the builder, know the 'life' swirling while the wall was being built.
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My latest, maybe last, amateur rock moving job resulted in finger surgery. But no stones were injured.
Love it, the whole working with stone thing.
I've embarked on projects here in a similar vain, reclaiming the stone from nearby fields.
That dry stone wall looks good. In fact it looks more than good, it's fabulous.
I survived Geology I at the Univeristy of Oklahoma and made a bargain: let me pass this class and I'll never look at another rock again. Well I passed, but when I turned 40, I fell in love with stone. I have terraced my entire sloping yard with stone terracesand built two stone staircases. I have learned the secret to stabilty is to backfill each layer with packed gravel. It is zen-like work of sorts. I salute the gentleman rock layer for his work. He and she sound truly wonderful.
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