ready
it's 7.57 on a sunday. i'm ready to ride even though it's cold and windy. instead, i get to sit here and wait to take the boys to sunday school and not ride until 10.00, wasting 2 hrs of a day, 2 hrs which i'll spend on the stupid computer looking at bikes i don't need, don't deserve, and can't afford.
actually, i have a few pics from the day trip to Maysville, the wife's hometown. she hosted her mom's 60th bday party. her mom has always been supernice to me, so i'm very supportive. Maysville is town steeped in early American history as an early town on the Ohio, and one that contributed to westward expansion. it's also known as an important stop on the Underground Railroad. i took some pics of the older buildings in town.
this is the old hospital downtown. Maysville abuts a steep hill, so "downtown" ends quite literally behind this hospital. i guess it was placed up the hill to avert floods. L picked this one b/c of the vines, the door, and the ghost window (the open one). it's sort of crooked, isn't it?
i like this one quite a bit. another writer (bike touring i believe) said these remind him of rowhouses of Pittsburg much more than something found in KY. i like the rhythm downward. i like the alternating pitches of the roofs. little L is somewhere down there.
this time white rowhouses/townhouses instead of the red ones on the hill. this is literally 100yds away, down the hill. yet it looks like a while different, more refined part of town, doesn't it? and i like the tree too.
on the same street. this gleaming white spire set against the earth tones of fall make me immediately think 'New England'. never been there, but the church, the white, the fall colors. good stuff. i think the repetition of the post is a bonus. that's the black spire, Dol Goldur.
this final pic is perhaps of the strangest site of all. right next to my wife's church (growing up, you know), they are refurbishing an old house including the back yard. along the alley they've added this stone-carved ?balustrade? fence. ( finally found "balustrade" on an architecture website. it refers to "A railing composed of post (balusters) and a handrail". this isn't a handrail, so it's the wrong term, but i don't have another term to use. i know it's unimportant, but i like words, and correct word usage.) this looks into the backyard through this ornate gate into a relief against the wall. understandable for some italian villa, but very strange running down the alley of downtown Maysville. i'd have it in my yard though.
actually, i have a few pics from the day trip to Maysville, the wife's hometown. she hosted her mom's 60th bday party. her mom has always been supernice to me, so i'm very supportive. Maysville is town steeped in early American history as an early town on the Ohio, and one that contributed to westward expansion. it's also known as an important stop on the Underground Railroad. i took some pics of the older buildings in town.
this is the old hospital downtown. Maysville abuts a steep hill, so "downtown" ends quite literally behind this hospital. i guess it was placed up the hill to avert floods. L picked this one b/c of the vines, the door, and the ghost window (the open one). it's sort of crooked, isn't it?
i like this one quite a bit. another writer (bike touring i believe) said these remind him of rowhouses of Pittsburg much more than something found in KY. i like the rhythm downward. i like the alternating pitches of the roofs. little L is somewhere down there.
this time white rowhouses/townhouses instead of the red ones on the hill. this is literally 100yds away, down the hill. yet it looks like a while different, more refined part of town, doesn't it? and i like the tree too.
on the same street. this gleaming white spire set against the earth tones of fall make me immediately think 'New England'. never been there, but the church, the white, the fall colors. good stuff. i think the repetition of the post is a bonus. that's the black spire, Dol Goldur.
this final pic is perhaps of the strangest site of all. right next to my wife's church (growing up, you know), they are refurbishing an old house including the back yard. along the alley they've added this stone-carved ?balustrade? fence. ( finally found "balustrade" on an architecture website. it refers to "A railing composed of post (balusters) and a handrail". this isn't a handrail, so it's the wrong term, but i don't have another term to use. i know it's unimportant, but i like words, and correct word usage.) this looks into the backyard through this ornate gate into a relief against the wall. understandable for some italian villa, but very strange running down the alley of downtown Maysville. i'd have it in my yard though.
Comments
what a cool blog.
i noticed the link to my glossary, so i thought i'd chime in with some terminology.
the garden wall you photographed has a masonry pier construction. the sculpted area is simply referred to an "ornamental pier"
sometimes, when part of a bastion or exedra, they have benches or fountains built into them.
there is a decent garden glossary here
http://faculty.bsc.edu/jtatter/glossary.html
and here:
http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden_glossary