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It’s Friday and I felt like sharing some of my nature photography. This is a single wall on a building in Rockport MA. I started getting serious about photography 20 years ago. It took me a very long time to realise than less is more. When I saw the building with the colourful vine growing over the shingles, the early version of me would have photographed the whole building. It was an old and interesting building and the sky was a deep blue. But that wasn’t what first drew my eye. Less is more.



It’s been a great week although I’ve probably spent too much time here and not enough time on my PDC. My head is buzzing with new ideas after picking off dozens of low hanging BB’s. I started a blog fifteen years ago about making not buying. It only had a twenty or so posts covering basic foods like bread and mayo and replacing household cleaning products with vinegar and baking powder. I had covered 80% of my household staples and then life moved on and the blog withered. I’m now inspired to crack on and work on the other 20%.

Happy Friday - have a great weekend.
 
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I love this photo.  Beautiful!
 
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Ah, disappointment. I thought this was about turning used Rockports (shoes) into shingles.

Love the photo!
 
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The greying as the wood ages is beautiful. Do you know what kind of wood has been used? We traditionally use oak or, preferentially, chestnut over here. I would hazard a guess that those are a cedar but it's hard to tell.
 
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Not sure Luke. Oak is a common tree in the East, unlike cedar. I think cedar splits naturally and these look like they’re cut from milled boards. Alas the chestnut here was wiped out. So probably oak. I love the way wood turns to silver. Cheers.
 
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