Historic yard

Here are a few shots of the yard at the house I've been working in. This old tree has been growing on top of the ledge that juts up out of the ground for many years. When you get up close to the tree you can really see the age on it. Many of the limbs are rotting with old, peeling, dead bark.

I can't begin to tell you how quiet it was sitting out on the porch. It reminded me of when I was a kid and cars would only go by once in a great while. Not anymore. Where I live now the traffic never stops!

Small wild Strawberries growing at the base of the rock ledge

In the middle of the yard sits an old cemetery from the 1800's. The perimeters of the yard are filled with wonderful vegetable and flower gardens.

Only 3 headstones in the cemetery are visible (one is behind the tree trunk), however the woman who lives in the house, and was born and raised in the house next door, says she's counted 10 markers altogether. Most are just small stones under the grass.

The one that is the most visible is of a small girl. She died on January 4, 1849, at the age of 2 years, 4 months, and 3 days. I'm not quite sure what her name was due to age and moss on the upper part of the stone.

Today I'm off to work someplace else ... in a development. Not much history there. LOL!

Field and Farm Views

All of the following photos were taken in Strafford, NH. A wonderful old scenic New England town incorporated in 1820. It's actually just up the road a piece from where I grew up.

The reason I've been in Strafford is for work. It's about 45 minutes away from home which I don't care for. But tomorrow will probably be my last day.

The following pictures are of a beautiful field/driveway I found. I kind of wanted to play around and give the photos a 70's look but only one ended up that way. Each photo has different textures and actions applied. Don't ask what I used because I honestly couldn't remember at this point!

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I couldn't see a house anywhere in the field, but there is a number and mailbox at the end so someone must live up there!

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This week . . .

• the baby Chipping Sparrows next to the driveway fledged
• I found out the House Wrens in the Bluebird house have babies
• the sounds of Peepers were replaced by Crickets
• the Cardinals are bringing their new addition around to eat
  
• the Downey Woodpeckers are feeding the babies at the suet feeder constantly
  
• and the Orioles are going through grape jelly like no tomorrow!

What's new in your yard?

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This one was the only image I thought had a bit of a 70's faded feel, and it's probably the one I like best. Do you have a favorite?

For the past several days I've wanted to post but my laptop drives were so full it wouldn't let me even look at my photos, much less work on them in Photoshop. Yesterday my husband and I decided it was time to clean it out and take it back to factory settings.

I backed everything up, and my husband thought he did too. Email addresses, bookmarks, program files, document, pictures, the whole shebang.

Once my husband got the laptop up and running I realized my email addresses weren't where I thought they were. I found the folder but it was empty! Yikes! Luckily my husband copied the C drive onto the external hard drive. There, in my Recycle Bin, were duplicates of most of my email addresses. I had dumped them a few weeks ago because I accidentally duplicated them. Phew! Besides that, it's like I have a new computer! Everything runs fantastic! We should have done it a long time ago.

*All textures are from Shadowhouse Creations (because his textures rock!), or were found randomly on Flickr