Kitty and Dog Thread, Show Me What You Got, other critters welcome too

[Arejaygee]

This is Jules. She’s a 6 month old Am Staff & Lab mix

 

[HiEverybirdy]

@WhoDatChick Wow, thank you for the links. The 2nd article mentions "tossed walls." Seems like that's what's most common in this region. We've heard old timers call it "dry stack." Our walls date from 1790s-late 1800s, if I'm not mistaken. Making our own rock structures taught us a thing or 2 about the people here before us...and about gravity. It's back-breaking work.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@WhoDatChick Wow, thank you for the links. The 2nd article mentions "tossed walls." Seems like that's what's most common in this region. We've heard old timers call it "dry stack." Our walls date from 1790s-late 1800s, if I'm not mistaken. Making our own rock structures taught us a thing or 2 about the people here before us...and about gravity. It's back-breaking work.

That’s what’s most common here too, as far as I know. That’s so cool! I didn’t realize they were in other regions too but it makes sense and seems to coincide with when they said most were built. But yes, I imagine it is not easy at all!!! I can barely even lift cinder blocks

 

[HiEverybirdy]

That’s what’s most common here too, as far as I know. That’s so cool! I didn’t realize they were in other regions too but it makes sense and seems to coincide with when they said most were built. But yes, I imagine it is not easy at all!!! I can barely even lift cinder blocks

Doh! I @'d the wrong user Thanks for the links, @KDOGG331!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Doh! I @'d the wrong user Thanks for the links, @KDOGG331!

It’s okay!!! LOL I was wondering about that but figured it was just a simple typo or something and left it anyway, no problem!!!

 

[WhoDatChick]

@WhoDatChick, I hadn't seen those pictures. Nice! I think that's the official guidance for stacking rock--just do it. At least that's how we've been doing it. Was hoping you knew something we didn't Our property is chock-full of rocks, so we've been stacking them.

Ooooooooo, I love that! I wish I had those rocks

 

[WhoDatChick]

Whiskey has figured out how to open the door by himself!

He’s like... but mom.. I just got it opened!! I love kitties that can open doors! We had one too...

 

[WhoDatChick]

I love that!!! There’s a lot of rocks here in New England too or used to be, though I’ve never seen any that size. There’s old stone walls all over the place from old farms and stuff like several hundred years ago. I’ve always thought they were neat.

https://stonewall.uconn.edu/resources/primer/frequently-asked-questions/#

https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/history-science-and-poetry-new-englands-stone-walls

Second article is a bit long but interesting I thought. Never read about it before.

This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing them! I love old things like that...

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing them! I love old things like that...

No problem!!! And I do too!! I was driving around today and passed a historic district apparently and I want to look it up LOL haven’t yet but I’m going to I think