Vintage Rusty Stuff, Wisconsin Barns

Inside a trailer.

Track for locking in retaining bars.

No idea why the padlock is hanging there. 

Here's the latest collection of rusty stuff to share with y'all. It's funny how some things look beautiful (to me) all by themselves, but somehow, when they're sitting in the yard with other like objects, the beauty disappears and it looks like a good start on a junkyard. Today I'm going to focus on the beauty of these individual objects.  Someone once asked me to show a panorama photo of our backyard with the pond garden. I have done that, but this year because of back issues, I'll show only closeup shots. My gardener is AWOL, so I tend to have many more uninvited plants in my flowerbeds this year.

Old rusty bolts

One of the 'feet' of the huge dumpster
No, the dumpster is not vintage.

I think it was the green and gold that appealed to me.

I believe this was a chicken coop in its day.

I think the chickens flew the coop.

(I can hear my dad say that. In fact, I can hear my dad's voice in a lot of stuff I say. You can blame him for my silly sense of humor - and for an absolute faith in a sovereign God of love, mercy, and justice.)

 On the airport road

Did I tell you that we have been getting regular rains and warm temps? (up until this newly-forecast Polar Vortex, that is). It's been great garden-growing weather! We had a total drencher on Saturday. It laid my petunias flat and filled the pond right up to the top of the surrounding brick!

 Late June, Water Hyacinth

The strawberries will need to be picked again tomorrow. I've been picking, but I know I shouldn't. It's very difficult to not pick berries.  I can let weeds grow, but letting berries ripen and spoil in the garden? That's asking too much.  The green beans are finally starting to climb the fence. The raspberries are plumping out and should be getting ripe by the second week of August.

I planted Early Girl and Brandywine tomatoes back in June. I actually see tomatoes the size of golf balls on the Early Girls. I hope they don't get discouraged by the few cooler days ahead. I'm looking forward to a bumper crop this September, so I can replenish my canned* tomato inventory. I bet I'm down to about 40 quarts. Dangerously low, in my book.

*canned:  Our daughter always wondered why they weren't referred to as 'jarred tomatoes,' since they're processed in jars. Good question, isn't it!

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