We joke around here about the building practices of the folks who built our places.    Sometimes they used 1 nail where they should have ...

All of the old out buildings [and some of the old houses] had this roofing. They had taken half the roof off and stacked it up neatly to c...

A corner of the shed I've been telling you about.   It's very common to see these clever shelves.   You never know what you'...

It's common to find old chains hanging on the walls of barns and sheds out here.   This one is being salvaged from an old shed that...

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 coupl...

Things change.  Things age and start to fall down.   There's an old machine shed down the way from us that has been aging - rather u...

I hope you're not too hung over after last night's festivities.    We really partied here!   There was music and sushi and eggnog an...

A few miles away from us was one of those lovely old barns that had been around forever.  Last year, that poor old barn came down in the ...

This house has a lot of character.    I'll bet it can tell a reeeally good story.  Or twenty. It's the little balcony on the...

I've been working on my French. It's not pretty. Neither is this junky corner of the property. I've been working on my Fre...

The kids pulled this out of the creek.   It's cast iron, not as rusty as I'd expect for being in the creek for very long.   It...

It used to be common to see tanks like these out here in people's basements.   They were probably pretty common in towns, too.     I...

This is a coal scuttle.  They're also called coal hods.    I love the shape.   They were used to hold a supply of coal upstairs near t...