New Fence and Snail Rail

We think that the garden fence we have just had to replace had been there for 50 years.

The new fence with concrete posts should last much longer and not be defeated by the ivy with stems of 2 inches diameter should it dare to come back.

Even if hidden by the equally new garden shed.

A recent thunderstorm has changed the character of a different fence alongside a wood which I pass every day.

It has now become 

The snail rail

Scores of snails about the size of my thumbnail  occupy the top rail.

Each snail train possesses different livery - 

Some have even found the way to change rail lines to avoid congestion.

I shall have to check it out again tomorrow as more storms are forecast for tonight.

Meanwhile, all aboard the 'Snail Rail' for Good Fences.

Bare - Thematic Photography

The rain has stopped at last and cold weather has arrived, it's not the climate for stripping off.

However some shrubs even look good when denuded.

Redwood

At this time of year before next year's crop gets established a field may be bare but it's far from barren.

Bare barbed wire protects the 'mud'

However appearances may be deceptive like this footpath in the winter sun.

It's black ice that shines and catches you unawares

Even bare boards boast a little decoration in a garden fence.

Perhaps this sunbather should have invested in a fig leaf rather larger than the ivy intruding through the boards.

That brings me to the bare end. 

For other interpretations of Carmi's bare theme please check the links at Thematic-photographic-363.

Twenty years of a garden fence - Good Fences 47

Our garden fence has appeared on many photos in the last 20 years or so.

Interwoven with wooden posts c.1992

Back then it even had an old greenhouse to keep it company.

But time and wind and weather put paid to both.

Concrete posts replaced the wood

When a new neighbour arrived he changed the fence. Out went the interwoven to be replaced by

Wooden planks with a curved top and a concrete slab bottom

Who owns the fence?

Robin - of course.

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Fences in use - Good Fences 42

A fence can have many uses; it just depends on your point of view.

Garden fence - June 2014

The tall blue flowers are Delphiniums, those at the left are Geraniums and the light blue on the right are Canterbury Bells. The pink flowers, just in shot, are Foxgloves. All these break up the view of the fence.

View from Whitby pier towards the aptly named Sandsend

The railing on the breakwater/harbour wall at Whitby has been put to a different use.

Railing 'painted' by the birds

Meanwhile one of Britain's colourful birds uses the top rail of a fence for beam exercises.

Chaffinch

How many marks out of ten for his performance?

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