Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir
This 120 year old stone fence is a boundary of Pope Farms, 5 miles west of Madison, Wisconsin. Photographed in early October, 2007.
barbara © 2007
Weathered whitewashed barn
Broken windows, empty stalls
Ghostly cows lowing
Photographed across the road from Indian Lakes County Park in Dane County, Wisconsin.
October sunrise
Silhouettes of withered weeds
Earth’s cycling seasons
Sunrise taken at Pope Farm, 5 miles west of Madison, Wisconsin
Whimseys © 2007
Tin-pressed ladybugs
Copper flowers, gee-gaws, bells
Birthday wish garden
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
What better way to celebrate my birthday than with a photograph of — this? Looks like some sort of celebration to me. I’m not sure exactly what kind of party the establishment had in mind, but I’ll use the garden art for birthday candles. I might be able to match a gee-gaw for each year, but it will be close.
Photographed in downtown Fish Creek, Wisconsin.
Primitive Fence © 2007
If you strive for the moon, maybe you’ll get over the fence.
James Wood
The only fences found in Door County, WI are either rows of piled stones from field clearing or these wooden criss-crosses from forest clearing. Probably only effective for cows since at least they can’t jump (except over moons.)
Photographed in Ephraim, a hamlet of 400 people who tolerate 6 months of lake-effect, northern Wisconsin winter for 6 months of simple beauty.
