Stripped
They’ve stripped the interior to the studs and beyond.
Wheelbarrow
There’s a big hole in the wall, in what used to be the bathroom. Everything inside has been stripped to the studs. The floorboards were pulled up, and the roof has been torn off the back half of the house.
Mah Bukkit
I used to live in the house behind my mom’s. It’s another old Victorian and needed a lot of work. It’s been sold several times since then, and each time, it’s gone farther and farther downhill. The last sale was to someone who was supposedly gutting the place so she could renovate it. Only, the building permit on the front door is dated two years ago, and the owner seems to have abandoned it in mid-flip.
This child’s pail was sitting on the back porch.
Mooo
More random crap from my mom’s porch. The top one is an old chandelier, and the bottom one is a big terra cotta tray full of stones and minerals and, for some reason, a little clay cow head. Mooo.
Pens
1. It’s storming, so I’m about to have an aneurysm.
2. This woman clearly does not understand about pens. Stealing my pens is a good way to lose a limb. Just sayin’…
3. Did I mention it’s storming? Half the computers on my floor just lost power, the lights have been flickering off and on, and the blowers have shut down. Can I go home now?
Rusty
I have no idea what that thing is. It looks like a dryer exhaust, except that there’s never been a dryer there (would not be possible, in fact). It’s sticking out of the back of my mom’s house, at basement level. Anyway, that’s about how I feel today. Hrmf.
Vent
This is the vent on my mom’s composter. I love the color and the rust.
Deer Skull
This, along with a cardboard box of ribs and a wooden tray of vertebrae, was on my mom’s front porch. I forgot to ask where it came from, and I’m not sure I want to know why it was hanging out on the front porch.
Gardening
I stayed an extra day in Muncie, leaving this morning. I didn’t do too badly with getting out early (I think I left around 8am), but then I missed a turn-off and ended up going about 25 miles out of my way. It might have been fine, if I’d wanted to come back via Indy, but I really wanted to go through Rushville and Columbus, so I back-tracked and lost about 45 minutes. I’m glad I did, though, because it was a gorgeous drive. And! I found three cool graveyards that I want to stop at on my next trip. One is just a little cluster of headstones in the middle of a corn field. Very neat.
And even though I left fairly early, I still had time to get a few plants: bleeding hearts, buttercups (very different from the low-growing ones out in the back field), and sedum.
My primroses haven’t bloomed yet, but the buds are getting pretty big. I should have flowers soon! The coral bells waited for me to get home, too. They look like they’re about to pop any minute.
red paper boat 