There are people who see the world through a different filter. Cheree and I think we fall into this category. Our friends think we are a little crazy sometimes, but they humor us and just go along with it. I was at a cook-out over the weekend and commented on how beautiful the burn pattern was on the wood in the firepit. My friends thought that was a little goofy, but they embraced my wierdness anyway. When Cheree and I are on our treasure hunting trips we see beauty where others might not--in a rusty hinge, a knothole in a piece of wood, a handmade tool, or a broken bottle. Here's a few examples of OUR kind of beautiful!
The unique shape and multiple colors of rust and patina on this hinge really spoke to us.
A hand- forged bolt on a railing at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate.
I bought this old wooden gutter because I loved this knothole so much!
A wall in a Church in the Jamestown, Virginia Settlement . Ugly by today's standards, but the handmade clay bricks and handmade mortar make it beautiful to us.
Simply a cool pattern of warped wood.
Creepy to some, but gorgeous to us. A hand-carved gravestone/crypt in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
Wine bottles from the collection of Thomas Jefferson at his Monticello Estate. In person, the irridescent colors were amazing.
A hand- forged tool at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate.
Of course, the MOST beautiful thing in the world to Cheree and I is our family and friends. Let us know what YOU consider beautiful!
Jill and Cheree
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