http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-65793 Nancy http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-65793 After they came to dig the foundation for my new studio, we have ended up with "tons" of beautiful stone. Of course, it is all in the wrong place and so I've been asking around for ideas, plus find ways to save our 60+ year old spines. Not wanting the bob-cat to come back, we were not sure what to do. Ironically before any of this work happened, I've wanted to call this new studio "Gathered Stone Studio", the subject of my paintings are stones and the beautiful free standing wall we have here in RI. We'll get there. Great to have found this site. many thanks. After they came to dig the foundation for my new studio, we have ended up with “tons” of beautiful stone. Of course, it is all in the wrong place and so I’ve been asking around for ideas, plus find ways to save our 60+ year old spines. Not wanting the bob-cat to come back, we were not sure what to do. Ironically before any of this work happened, I’ve wanted to call this new studio “Gathered Stone Studio”, the subject of my paintings are stones and the beautiful free standing wall we have here in RI. We’ll get there. Great to have found this site. many thanks.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-54111 Howie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-54111 Wow. I just dug my first garden and hit some large rocks. None were as massive as these! It is encouraging to see you guys handle such beasts. Wow. I just dug my first garden and hit some large rocks. None were as massive as these! It is encouraging to see you guys handle such beasts.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-44292 Pat. P http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-44292 You are so LUCKY!! I love rocks! Here in my yard, I'd be lucky to find a couple fist sized ones. Must be a lot of trouble getting them out, but afterwards think of all you can do with them. :) You are so LUCKY!! I love rocks! Here in my yard, I’d be lucky to find a couple fist sized ones. Must be a lot of trouble getting them out, but afterwards think of all you can do with them. :)

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-27698 Beth Aliffi http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-27698 I'm jealous. I now live in South Carolina...and my husband and I do a happy dance every time we find a rock bigger than my foot lying out in the woods...they aren't plentiful around here. I grew up in PA, so I remember well all of the rock walls. I’m jealous. I now live in South Carolina…and my husband and I do a happy dance every time we find a rock bigger than my foot lying out in the woods…they aren’t plentiful around here. I grew up in PA, so I remember well all of the rock walls.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-26529 Cathey http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-26529 Shirley, Love your blog and that man of yours for not giving up. I can't believe all those rocks! We have about 50 acres in ME I'd like to settle on with our boys. It's beautiful, but every place I dig to plant something I hit ledge. We will need to blast first for a home. No wonder we got a great deal on the land. Shirley,
Love your blog and that man of yours for not giving up. I can’t believe all those rocks! We have about 50 acres in ME I’d like to settle on with our boys. It’s beautiful, but every place I dig to plant something I hit ledge. We will need to blast first for a home. No wonder we got a great deal on the land.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-26486 Stephanie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-26486 Same here! My parent's foundation for their home (it was at one time a 4 room summer camp) is actually half ledge. Whoever built the original building gave up digging around it and incorporated it. Gotta love "The Granite State"! Same here! My parent’s foundation for their home (it was at one time a 4 room summer camp) is actually half ledge. Whoever built the original building gave up digging around it and incorporated it. Gotta love “The Granite State”!

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-26480 Penny http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-26480 After seeing this my teenage son no longer complains about our rocks here in NW Arkansas(at least not to much) After seeing this my teenage son no longer complains about our rocks here in NW Arkansas(at least not to much)

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-26461 Jenifer http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-26461 I love your rocks! It looks like a ton of work. The rocks all look smooth. I wonder if there was a river or stream there at one point in time? I edge my garden beds with rock - I get permission to take them from construction sites and haul them into my yard. It's a lot of work, but I think removal looks harder. I love your rocks! It looks like a ton of work. The rocks all look smooth. I wonder if there was a river or stream there at one point in time? I edge my garden beds with rock – I get permission to take them from construction sites and haul them into my yard. It’s a lot of work, but I think removal looks harder.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-26460 Julia http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-26460 The area I'm going to be gardening in is pretty rocky too, but I don't think I've seen any quite that size! The area I’m going to be gardening in is pretty rocky too, but I don’t think I’ve seen any quite that size!

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/we-should-have-wondered-where-all-those-rocks-came-from/#comment-26459 Mrs Sandy M http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=953#comment-26459 Very clever. I bet it took a lot of trial and error to come up with the right method. I'm one of those people who have to buy rocks when I want them. I don't know what I'd do if I had access to all those rocks! Very clever. I bet it took a lot of trial and error to come up with the right method. I’m one of those people who have to buy rocks when I want them. I don’t know what I’d do if I had access to all those rocks!

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