Showing posts with label fence posts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fence posts. Show all posts

Thursday, December 01, 2011

The Elders

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Some of the posts on our ranch were set by my grandfather and his partner, Alec Knox, as early as the 1950's. With our relatively dry climate and rocky soil, some are still standing, like this one. You can see the grooves on the right side where the wood has been worn down by wires that were worked loose and whipped by the wind. This old guy has been around almost as long as the road that runs beside him, originally a wagon track that runs between our house and my cousin's place to the west.


In places the ruts are worn so deep the axles drag on our four wheel drive pickups. It's definitely not the interstate, but I'll take it anyway. 

Today's my day over at the other blog, so if you'd like to know why my husband has that black eye, tune in here:  For Worse...or Maybe Better

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