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Here's a detail shot of the rock'n block construction on the shade side of the Hauck Milk House. That sandstone must be exceedingly soft to be subject to keys cutting inscriptions on the side of the building. I wonder if a hand saw could cut the blocks from slabs separated from the cliffs east of town. The quarry at Coffin, Sandstone cliffs or about 5 miles east of what were the RR tracks on the east side so the Hauck place must have been another couple of miles. It took a daily wagon trip into town to keep the Longmonters supplied with milk and dairy products; they were not supplied from China. There are instances of cracks running through the blocks so it's possible the move to the park was not without problems. They seem as vulnerable as log construction. In any case, patrons must mostly be on their own best behavior during a tour.
The description on the Longmont web site is short, "The Hauck Milk House is a stone structure built around 1860 by Robert A. Hauck on the Hauck farm, seven or eight miles east of Longmont in Weld County, on land given to him by Chief Niwot (of the Arapaho tribe). The milk house was moved stone by stone and reconstructed in this park. Hauck helped to build the first cabin in Boulder City and the first rural school in the Colorado Territory." I thought the first Colorado school, or was it a church, was built at San Louis in the southern-most park. The construction of the walls should be curious to builders and engineers. Although the structure now sits on a base of poured concrete, there were two types of rock used for the construction, Sandstone and sandstone. The red sandstone was considerably harder than the yellow and probably were transports by wagon from the Lyons area while the yellow stone is considerable softer and far less compressible but quarried much closer to the original site. The soft sandstone was seemingly cut from bluffs east of town and was similar to that used at the Coffin home. there is a quarry there. Could the pioneers instinctively have understood the use of the various locally found materials? Strangely, the light colored rock looks as soft as volcanic tufa, but I doubt that is possible. It is probably the most recently deposited sandstone. Apparently so! Of course the the soft rock has sustained a lot of (more recent) initial carvers. The young develop respect only with age and life thumpings. We just had someone open fire on a police officer with his assault rifle when he was being stopped for no lights at 2 in the morning. Look around, you may have geniuses near you. I may post some of the scratchings in the soft rock.
Inside was a trough that allowed running water to continuously cool milk cans standing in the trough. It worked until milking was done and it was time for a trip into town. I wonder how much the milk cost in the nearby mining camps. I am not sure if a single cow would fit in this little milk house, though.
The area was poorly settled when pioneers emigrated to the St.Vrain Valley though the trek through the plains Indians must have been interesting. The Hungate Massacre happened four years after Affolter built his cabin. It was southeast of Denver and sent chills through the settlers. Many of the pioneers realized that the miners in the hills needed the food supplies and therefore probably prospered better than did the miners. The Arapaho in the St.Vrain area apparently let them stay and prosper.
Jewelry is a great reuse for recycled aluminum cans. Who says all metal has to be shiny and perfect...OR rusted with gorgeous patinas? I scratch and "destroy" the gleeming polished pristine surfaces of used soda cans, and it was the right thing to do artistcally....plus it felt great! LOL. I am a surface texture addict.
2 5/8 " ( 7 cm) top of pull tab down to finger tips. Its small.
Left-to-right, from top
Gorget: Germany (Augsburg, attributed Desiderius Helmschmeid), ~1548.
Gorget: Germany (Augsburg, attributed Desiderius Helmschmeid), ~1548.
Gorget: France or Italy, ~1650.
Gorget (front plate): France, ~1600.
Gorget (back plate): France, ~1600.
Rondache (round shield), vamplate, and tasset: Germany (Landshut: Wolfgang and Franz Grosschedel), 1560.
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Almost for certain this etched or sandblasted pattern dates from the renovation about 30 years ago. The pattern is appropriate for an 1870's-1880's house so if the house were mine, I'd keep it.
The peaks of the Teton Range were pretty much cloaked in cloud during my short visit and capturing the drama was difficult.
This copper necklace features a copper rectangle etched with Hope as defined by the dictionary and fused to a larger copper rectangle. The long copper chain features two different sizes and shapes of African Jade accented with small copper spacer beads. Two faceted glass Czech beads dangle at the top of the pendant.
An in-process photo of some of the etched and painted copper and brass pendant pieces I've been working on.
While taking pictures of the hydroelectric dam in Bracebridge, Ontario, I looked down at the boulders beneath the cascade to see this pattern etched in solid granite. The power and beauty of nature can take one's breath away.
A random shot of hieroglyphics on an Egyptian column in the British Museum, taken on our rush to get a photograph of a mummified cat for the scavenger hunt.
I took my old laptop down to Techshop and etched a fractal onto the lid with one of their Epilog laser engravers/cutters. It was my first project and didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted, but still looks pretty cool.
For my birthday, Mike got me a moleskine laser-etched with the Urban Honking logo! I use these moleskines as wallets/notebooks and my current one is falling apart/running out of pages. But I don't know if I'll be able to use this one in practice! It's too beautiful...
Rembrandt's etches are amazing. How such a simple process produce such great results. We was a master of light and shadow, both in his paintings and his etches.
Here the guide is explaining how it worked and how Rembrandt would do the printing process.
“It is this wall of names behind that’s most compelling, those who have willingly and knowingly accepted increased risk and paid the ultimate price ...Their legacy of courage has now been permanently etched into these hallowed stones.” Admiral Eric T. Olson in his address at the UDT-SEAL Memorial Dedication November 8, 2010, Fort Pierce, FL.