Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We felt a little bit better about it when we got back into the woods and saw that three huge trees had fallen right next to one of the chimneys. A few inches one way or the other and it would have come down. The fact that the stone for the chimneys came from this land and that our farm is named Ranch of the Stones, made it seem right to use it. We will be sure and remember those original stone masons every time we enjoy our stone fireplace. The hearth stone will also be from one of the chimneys if we can figure out how to move it. It's huge! Tina On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > I would look at it like this. What would have been the response of the > original stone masons if they had found such material available when they > built these? > Homage as you say, Ric. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > NO ARCHIVE > > > On 21 September 2010 11:39, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > it's a hard call > > > > you can make a case either way > > > > either is an homage > > > > ric > > > > > > On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:48 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > Two chimneys from old log cabins that used to be here on this land over > > 150 > > > years ago. We kind of hated to take them down, but on the other hand, > we > > > will be using the stones and think the original stone-masons would > > > understand using them instead of letting them fall into ruin. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com