This week’s Sepia Saturday
prompt photograph features a school woodwork class (all boys). A
number of my immediate relations were/are teachers and trainers - but no
photographs of them at work; and my great grandfather, great uncle and
uncle were all joiners, but again no images of their handiwork.
So instead I turned to memories of many happy holidays with All Things Wood - fences, signs, steps, bridges, carvings and having fun.
WOOD IN BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, STEPS & SIGNS
A timber yard in Ruhpolding, Bavaria - looking across the meadows to the church
A traditional Austrian chalet in Kaprun, with the wooden balcony, shutters and fencing.
A typical Cape Cod cottage, with a picket fence
on the Island of Nantucket, in New England.
on the Island of Nantucket, in New England.
Christchurch, Cambridge
which I attended whilst working in the USA, 1965-66. Now
designated a National Historic
Site, Christchurch was founded in 1759 and built in the traditional
New England clapboard style. There is a beautiful and elegant
Georgian simplicity to its interior. During the American Revolution,
the church was attacked by dissenting colonials for its Tory leanings,
but George and Martha Washington attended a service here.
A
reconstruction of the old wooden North Bridge at Concord, Massachusetts, where
in 1775 local Minutemen fired the first shot in the American War of
Independence and forced the British to retreat back to Boston.
A traditional covered wooden bridge in New Hampshire, New England
A wooden jetty and boat house on the island of Martha's Vineyard, New Engla
Walking sign in Earlston in the Scottish Borders
INSPIRED BY WOOD
In St. Gilgen Austria, a carved wooden balcony with a lovely image of a little dog - or is it a cat?
A carved figure outside a shop in in Austria.
"Schnitz Verkstatt" means "woodcarving workshop"
"Schnitz Verkstatt" means "woodcarving workshop"
Two
of eleven wicker woodland creatures, created around a metal skeleton,
by a local artist, and on display in Priorwood Gardens, a
National Trust property in Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
Owls and a Squirrel carved at Centre Parcs, Whinfell Forest, Cumbria.
AND FINALLY - YOU CAN HAVE FUN WITH WOOD
Our pet cocker spaniel enjoyed on a walk, picking up branches, the longer the better, to bring home.
Not
my idea of fun - but here is our granddaughter on the high tree trek
walk at Centre Parks in Whinfell Forest in the Lake District.
Helping Daddy unload logs for the fire.
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Lots of wood here! That last photo reminds me of the beauty of a good stack of firewood and of my kids helping their father gather in the winter wood when that was all the heat we had. Ah, the good ol' days.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun wood photos...lots of beautiful shots. The Swiss buildings had great decorations.
ReplyDeleteYou've chosen great examples on the art of wood. I often think that history focuses too much on the metal machines of the industrial era, overlooking the era of wood which was much longer and deserves just as much attention. For centuries mankind developed great skill in wood construction techniques that led to amazing wooden ships, wagons, buildings, furnishings and more.
ReplyDeleteGreat post full of all kinds of wood! I recognized the old (rebuilt) Concord bridge as that's where 36 Sonora High School students posed during the history trip I chaperoned in 1992. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind comments . It was amazing what images I had reflecting the theme of Wood.
ReplyDeleteI love all the carved wood.
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