I am the grandson of a blacksmith.
So I had hoped to find iron wrought into works of art.
Somewhere in my community.
As, I'm certain, you were able to find in yours.
Instead, despite looking and looking, I found fences.
Mostly around graveyards.
But decided, they were beautiful too.
If seen from the right perspective.*****************************************************************************
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Well, wrought iron fences are beautiful. And I even know a couple of cemetaries that are pretty beautiful...
ReplyDeleteThe first two photographs are very nice. They are all good but I like those two best. Of course the fact that show more detail, I am sure.
ReplyDeleteQMM
Wow..sone of a blacksmith..how cool is that!! Wonderful collection of shots..wow!!
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling well Barry!
Hugs, Sarah
Yes, beauty can be found almost anywhere with the right perspective. I love that first shot!
ReplyDeleteWhen I started doing some family history, in the early 90's Renate, I visited a lot of cemeteries and found many of them were beautiful and peaceful places.
ReplyDeleteI like the first one best myself, QMM.
ReplyDeleteWell, grandson of a blacksmith, Sarah. This series gave me the change to try out my new camera for the first time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, SOL. That's my favourite as well.
ReplyDeleteA blacksmith! How cool is that. I went to 2 cemeteries hoping to find the fences you pictured, but they were surrounded by awful chain link things. Is your last pic an example of bokeh?
ReplyDeleteI like the second one, it's such a beautiful pattern.
ReplyDeleteMy attempt at Bokeh, Kerry. I have a new camera and was playing around with it.
ReplyDeleteIt was the door hinge on the tool shed for St. Margaret-in-the-Pines Anglican Church cemetery Jama.
ReplyDeleteYou don't find attention to detail like that on modern door hinges.
I found too that most of the worked iron around here is in fences and railings and gates. And it does make things prettier!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
Oh, a new camera I see...what fun! And a blacksmith heritage, even more interesting.
ReplyDeleteYes, Linda and I gifted each other and my work have me a Best Buys gift card for enough money to buy a better lens. Whoo Hooo!
ReplyDeleteMy maternal grandfather, Captain George Shepherd was a blacksmith, as were his father and grandfather before him.
ReplyDeleteI do not have time to read your fan clubs responses...but I have often wondered what fences around graveyards are keeping in or out?
ReplyDeleteOh Barry, even me the wine chef did not think of oak barrels! Love it all...
ReplyDeleteWrought ironwork is beautiful and requires many years of apprenticeship before the skill is acquired.
ReplyDeleteThe gates of Floors Castle, home of the Duke of Roxburgh (who is now battling cancer whilst in his mid-fifties) are works of art, as are many other such palatial entrances.
We, in the UK, tend to call ironwork fences 'railings'. Wooden barriers are termed fences over here - which is another example of the slightly different usages on either side of the pond.
Many thousands of homes were robbed of their iron railings and gates at the start of WW2. I don't know what all this iron was used for, presumably some sort of weaponry - under the 'waste not want not' regime that everyone had to live by then.
Hope you are as well as possible Barry.
I am well, thank you Philip. Anxious to go out for a walk, actually. But its pouring rain here.
ReplyDeleteThe second shot is my favorite too. They're all pretty creative, aren't they? For something that started out as a necessity, and yet they found the time to make them beautiful too. I like that.
ReplyDeleteToday it's function and utility, but once upon a time, beauty played a role as well, Shabby Girl.
ReplyDeleteLike the fences, LOVE the hinge! Have a great weekend Barry and Linda.
ReplyDeleteNice new site Barry and Linda! love your photos as usual. I think my fav is the wood tub with the iron bands.
ReplyDeleteI see I am up for next week ......... favorite color. funny! not much color here in Michigan right now. just blah and dirt, leafless trees. hope I can find something of interest!!
Next week's FSO will be a bit of a challenge here in Ontario too, Doreen. Dull gray and yucky browns not being my favouite colours.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure we'll find something