January 3, 2011
It was sunny today with much of the snow finally melting away. However the fence shades the ground on this side during the afternoon and the same area of earth is leeward of a bit of hill that breaks the wind, so there is still snow in today’s picture.
As you can now see, the red fence sits atop a retaining wall constructed of old railroad ties. We don’t have any evidence that they once served a different purpose in a different local, such as actually having trains run over them, but considering the house is at least 86 years old, it would be nice to find out that they did. We are pretty big fans of recycling around here.
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