Garden Sphere is finished - finally!

I started working on this about 6 weeks ago .    I may change the color, don't know yet.

I won't be carting it around much as this thing is a little heavy.

I purchased  a beach ball from the dollar tree and by the way, don't count on these beach balls lasting any amount of time  for the beach,  this one had a pinhole in it,  anyway  I put Vaseline on the ball so the wall patch and cement would not stick, the ball has to come out.   The opening needs to be large enough to pull the deflated beach ball out once it's hardened.

took a while to build up the layers and the cement would slide off , so I did little sections at a time.

Maybe there is an easier way , but this is how I did it.

another little section left.  I have it sitting in a little plastic bucket to dry
It can be sanded to be made smoother,  I sanded some but not much.

I put some sparkles on it.  Not sure where I will place it in the garden area, but will come up with something.

Vanishing structures

One of the things I enjoyed doing when I was visiting  my daughters home in Tn. was to take long rides into the country side .   Such a pleasant day and the beautiful fields planted with tobacco and corn.   About 25 minutes to Kentucky, so much  green grass and little blue flowers. 
  In the landscape, stately standing were beautiful old barns.  Much labor and love it must have taken  to construct one.  Today they are far and few between, vanishing from the countryside.  
My daughter and son in law love to fix up old houses.  I would love to see them fix up an old barn.

two barns in Big Rock Tn.

Ky barn

on the way to Hopkinsville , KY

Big Rock

Some views around Florence S.C.

My husband and I some months back decided to take a train ride to see if we wanted to travel to other places by rail.   Well I don't think I want to make a habit of it.  You can get places quicker but if you like to sight see, then this is the way to go.  It was comfortable.

Dreamy with the Spanish moss

Timrod was born in S.C. and family was German descent

Family original surname was Dimroth

Timrod a poet - from 1848 to 1853 submitted poems to the Southern Literary Messenger

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He began teaching in 1856

The one room school house below was built to educate plantation children- one of his students he later married.

beautiful architecture in the park along with huge Magnolia trees

Museum in the park area

Large vessel in yard of museum

pretty glass light fixture in entrance hall to museum

not sure who used to live at this residence before it became a museum, 

Beautiful place

the museum and park are located in an older neighborhood with pretty homes and yards

I took this picture in the backyard of the museum

Simple idea for a garden and one I can get a layout design idea from for home garden

Down the road is a historical cemetery

with massive trees and moss

Very old

nice stonework

Old family pictures-

I was going through some family pictures and decided to post a few.  I love these old photographs.  If anyone has any history to share of  Sheldon, reed and Voiers family, I would love to hear.

- great uncle Charlie Reed -

Kessler store in Keysville Va.

left to right- Hattie Reed  (grndmthr),Mary Reed (grt aunt), Rose Ruedy(grt grndmthr),not sure who baby is.

Looks like lace hanging on outside windows

Gr Gr Grandmother (Bach)

My grandmother Hattie Reed Sheldon and sister Rachel on right

Cousin Rebecca