tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post3969690575823976105..comments2024-03-28T08:21:54.365+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Stone walling.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51098837361691364822018-03-28T04:32:34.918+01:002018-03-28T04:32:34.918+01:00I remember the stone walls in Wales. They were ver...I remember the stone walls in Wales. They were very beautiful, but very different. Our stone work here is often like a jigsaw puzzle.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10425174269990349452018-03-28T04:30:46.765+01:002018-03-28T04:30:46.765+01:00My first home here had a huge stone barn, and I us...My first home here had a huge stone barn, and I used to stand for ages looking at the back wall; it was pure art work.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63898598706859803762018-03-28T04:29:03.511+01:002018-03-28T04:29:03.511+01:00It makes me smile; a good sign.It makes me smile; a good sign.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91396079233226391432018-03-28T04:28:35.880+01:002018-03-28T04:28:35.880+01:00Thank you Marion; I hadn't seen that before.Thank you Marion; I hadn't seen that before.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3774749125108132442018-03-27T22:37:30.484+01:002018-03-27T22:37:30.484+01:00As I am sure you know Cro I live in a real stone w...As I am sure you know Cro I live in a real stone wall area here in the Yorkshire Dales. I would agree with you that your stone wall in the photograph is a real work of art - and the colours are so beautiful = much more varied colours that in our walls here.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70305982473777210192018-03-27T20:35:48.761+01:002018-03-27T20:35:48.761+01:00We had a stone wall built in one of our houses. Lo...We had a stone wall built in one of our houses. Looked very much like this one above, It was the so beautiful and I sat by it all the time.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35919866672896860962018-03-27T16:43:19.652+01:002018-03-27T16:43:19.652+01:00Beautiful craftsmanship! Beautiful craftsmanship! Jan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792206979656707142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65681476168584008252018-03-27T16:07:02.666+01:002018-03-27T16:07:02.666+01:00Mending Wall
BY ROBERT FROST
Something there is t...Mending Wall<br />BY ROBERT FROST<br /><br />Something there is that doesn't love a wall,<br />That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,<br />And spills the upper boulders in the sun;<br />And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.<br />The work of hunters is another thing:<br />I have come after them and made repair<br />Where they have left not one stone on a stone,<br />But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,<br />To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,<br />No one has seen them made or heard them made,<br />But at spring mending-time we find them there.<br />I let my neighbour know beyond the hill;<br />And on a day we meet to walk the line<br />And set the wall between us once again.<br />We keep the wall between us as we go.<br />To each the boulders that have fallen to each.<br />And some are loaves and some so nearly balls<br />We have to use a spell to make them balance:<br />"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"<br />We wear our fingers rough with handling them.<br />Oh, just another kind of out-door game,<br />One on a side. It comes to little more:<br />There where it is we do not need the wall:<br />He is all pine and I am apple orchard.<br />My apple trees will never get across<br />And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.<br />He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."<br />Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder<br />If I could put a notion in his head:<br />"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it<br />Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.<br />Before I built a wall I'd ask to know<br />What I was walling in or walling out,<br />And to whom I was like to give offence.<br />Something there is that doesn't love a wall,<br />That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,<br />But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather<br />He said it for himself. I see him there<br />Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top<br />In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.<br />He moves in darkness as it seems to me,<br />Not of woods only and the shade of trees.<br />He will not go behind his father's saying,<br />And he likes having thought of it so well<br />He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43962926700567155132018-03-27T13:17:56.004+01:002018-03-27T13:17:56.004+01:00That's what I was wondering. He doesn't se...That's what I was wondering. He doesn't seem in a hurry.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74244990053735010022018-03-27T12:48:02.434+01:002018-03-27T12:48:02.434+01:00As long as he is not being paid by the hour, the h...As long as he is not being paid by the hour, the homeowners should be very happy.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91931247894938507832018-03-27T11:50:39.951+01:002018-03-27T11:50:39.951+01:00As I said above, it's not the lack of craftsme...As I said above, it's not the lack of craftsmen; it's the lack of funds!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45243550270867343522018-03-27T11:49:54.181+01:002018-03-27T11:49:54.181+01:00A well laid stone wall should last for centuries. ...A well laid stone wall should last for centuries. Sadly they often don't.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1327576803993762062018-03-27T11:49:04.517+01:002018-03-27T11:49:04.517+01:00A good man; worthy of the term 'Craftsman'...A good man; worthy of the term 'Craftsman'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45684780065854691322018-03-27T10:49:52.572+01:002018-03-27T10:49:52.572+01:00My hubby is a trained and experienced dry-stone wa...My hubby is a trained and experienced dry-stone wall builder (used to work for the National Trust). He couldn't make a decent living from it unfortunately so just does it as a side-line. We live about an hour from the Peak District - lots of the walls there are falling down - such a shame!Mrs LHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070413740231580278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21451089481762876682018-03-27T10:05:39.441+01:002018-03-27T10:05:39.441+01:00I often show visitors some of the dry stone walls ...I often show visitors some of the dry stone walls near where I live. The Cornish miners built them in the Nineteenth century and they have their familiar 'basket weave/herring bone style pattern of construction. northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84576139591878357832018-03-27T09:52:52.743+01:002018-03-27T09:52:52.743+01:00It sounds like a dyker behaves the same all over t...It sounds like a dyker behaves the same all over the world!<br />Beautiful workgzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74270983032347874292018-03-27T09:52:33.225+01:002018-03-27T09:52:33.225+01:00Being a Sussex lad, I know exactly what you mean. ...Being a Sussex lad, I know exactly what you mean. An old flint building, of whatever style, is a thing of real beauty. The worst is when the repair is in the middle of a wall, and some fool does a quick cheap infill; it looks dreadful.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50260305763461330742018-03-27T09:17:00.898+01:002018-03-27T09:17:00.898+01:00It looks beautiful. My village is known for its fl...It looks beautiful. My village is known for its flint and old flint walls abound. A few years ago we had a small section rebuilt by two stonemasons - a father and son team - and it took weeks and cost thousands. Homeowners are now seeking to emulate the look and this is how they do it: build a breeze block wall and cement on flints randomly. The result as you can imagine looks awful. It all comes back to if a job is worth doing it’s worth doing well and if you cannot afford the real thing then please plant a native hedge. Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/14230327066600698804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27405457604549048182018-03-27T09:09:25.589+01:002018-03-27T09:09:25.589+01:00You'll be lending him a hand with your new wh...You'll be lending him a hand with your new wheelbarrows ;-) Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43915427918586536652018-03-27T09:01:36.975+01:002018-03-27T09:01:36.975+01:00I expect the craftsmanship is still there (it'...I expect the craftsmanship is still there (it's not THAT difficult); it's the money that's lacking. A good wall takes time; and time is money.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23748665841884811222018-03-27T08:59:51.370+01:002018-03-27T08:59:51.370+01:00No, this is my immediate neighbour about 100 metre...No, this is my immediate neighbour about 100 metres away.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70853028609263003812018-03-27T08:47:55.022+01:002018-03-27T08:47:55.022+01:00Here in the Lake district the dry-stone walls are ...Here in the Lake district the dry-stone walls are prevalent, no mortar and usually of slate, a real skill (or art) to their construction. Even some traditional houses were built of slate, their strength and stability relying on interlocking the pieces of stone. <br /><br />Sadly many of the walls fallen into disrepair and holes temporarily fixed with barbed wire fencing which often becomes permanent.<br /><br />There are still a few craftsmen who can repair / rebuild this type of wall, but not many.cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42235027104556664172018-03-27T08:40:22.312+01:002018-03-27T08:40:22.312+01:00Is this the container port neighbour? Is this the container port neighbour? Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20451881869438815202018-03-27T08:31:49.943+01:002018-03-27T08:31:49.943+01:00He's certainly taking his time. Maybe he comes...He's certainly taking his time. Maybe he comes all the way from Spain when he turns up!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13876586467746628382018-03-27T08:11:50.736+01:002018-03-27T08:11:50.736+01:00I don’t think that they cement traditional stone w...I don’t think that they cement traditional stone walls here. Your neighbours looks beautiful but I think I will be long gone by the time he finishes 🤣 !!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.com