Barn, Bale & Tires

© Robin Edmundson, 'Barn, bale & tires', watercolor, 9 x 12 inches.
Unframed, $250

See those tires peeking out of the grass?   I think they're a type of wildflower that only grows in barnyards out here.   I've decided to embrace that fact.

I've been playing with underpaintings to see if I can emphasize the feeling of heat [or cold].   What do you think?   Does this look hot?

Old Tires

I thought this pile of tires was rather sculptural.

It certainly brings up the question of what to do with old tires - there are a lot of old tires out here. Lots of them.    You'll be glad to know that this bunch did not get burned with the rest of the old shed that they were pulled out of. 

I don't know what the owners plan on doing with them, but I thought it might be fun to see what others do with old tires, so here is a list of links to projects using old tires.  You'll get a kick out of them.

Here is a list of images that came up in a search for 'project old tire'.  Amazing.

Here is a collection of ideas from Pinterest.  And here's another, even more fun  Pinterest board.

Check out the sculptures at the bottom of this post.

Here are some garden ideas.

This is one of the best lists of all - super creative things here.

And I loved the chairs and the climbing wall in this list.

Just a note:   From what I've seen and read, it is perfectly safe to grow food in old tires and that there is no leaching.  However, there are loads of people out there that are sure you're going to kill us all if you plant in tires.  Do your own research first, if you're nervous. 

Tires

From the old shed I told you about yesterday.   They were in a pile.  I didn't count them, but there were more than enough for a couple of vehicles.

No Dumping

Dumping out here is a real problem.  It's infuriating to wake up one morning and find a couple of bags of garbage in your creek, just out of sight of the house.  Beer cans pop up like wildflowers.

Wherever there is a ravine close to the road, there's a pile of trash in it.  TVs, washers, tires, tires, tires, and other household garbage.  We've cleaned 40 bags of trash like this off our place.

We see signs like this around.  I love this one.  [Not that it did much good....] Blow the pic up to really appreciate how long the sign has been on the tree.

This is what's at the foot of the tree in the ravine below.

Heaven only knows how long that stuff has been there.  Tires tend to look fresh for a very very long time.

Rural Wreath

I saw this off an abandoned road that was so grown up it is all grass now.  It made me smile.  I wonder how old the tire is.