© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
(9 photos) Angular- the weekly photo challenge asks us to show “what angular means to you.” What angle would I take for this challenge? This was easy I thought – I love buildings with their roofs showing different angles. I started scrolling the archives and came across these mining structures take at Delpratt’s mine in Broken Hill. They demonstrate angles of all sizes 90 degrees, 45 degree. I changed my mind and decided scaffolding would be my focus.
© irene waters 2014
However, I could not find those wonderful bamboo scaffolds that are common in Asia but in my search I came across the farmhouse we lived in at Bucca Wauka. An English cabinet-maker built the house which featured wood and angles both inside and out.
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
And yes. The angle of the ladder changed one day and he came off the roof landing on me where I was gardening below. He was lucky he didn’t come off the other side.
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
And though the rounded head pokes through you might think “that isn’t an angle” I can assure you that head has more angles than most I know.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
There’s something about wooden houses like below that really catches my eyes, in the daytime there’s so much ambient lighting and in the night so cozy 🙂
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You are so right Andy. It was the cosiest house I’ve ever lived in. 🙂
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I so envy you! 🙂
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I envy me too now that I no longer live there. 🙂
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mmm! next plans? 😀
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Time will tell.
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Love the scaffolding and ruins photo!
Ack! Sorry about the ladder incident. 😀 His head has more angles than most you know…
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Well… lets look at it from this angle. 🙂
The old temples are just fascinating. They are trying to reconstruct some that are just lying in ruins. A giant jigsaw puzzle.
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Great interpretation of angular! And I am in love with the timber interior of the house! Gorgeous!!
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Thanks. Yes the timber interior was just beautiful. The English cabinet maker had used every trick of his trade in the crafting of it and combined with the angles and the ambience of the cyprus pine it resulted in a jaw dropping interior.
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Cypress pine? It must have smelt divine when it was constructed.
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It still had a nice smell and we painted the outside with an organic eucalyptus oil called organ oil. It made us feel as though we were living in amongst the trees as we breathed in the wonderful scent of the forest.
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What a gorgeous house and spectacular view. How could you leave?
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It certainly is. Why did we leave? ahhh That’s the stuff memoirs are made off. First draft finished.
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What a beautiful home you had Irene, oh and those views! Love your last line about ‘angles’ of a different kind 😉 And thank goodness the cabinet maker fell the right side, if he was to fall at all. Phew…
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Thanks Sherri. We fell in love with it at first sight. Roger was lucky he didn’t kill himself that day (or me as he landed on top of me). Gave us our first visit to the local doctor, hospital and some enforced time off work so not all bad. 🙂
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Yikes….on top of you? Thank goodness you were both alright, that could have been quite horrendous. Glad you enjoyed some time off work though…as you say, silver lining and all that 😉
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Lovely photos. 😀
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Thanks Raewyn. 🙂
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Old mining equipment is often found in remote and empty places in the west. The angular structure makes it seem so modern and important, yet so oddly abandoned to wild spaces. Yikes! Catching a husband in the garden would be unfortunate! Glad you both survived! 🙂
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I imagine you have a lot of these scattered around your abandoned gold fields of the west. Broken Hill is still operating, predominantly though silver, lead and zinc. This shaft is tourist purposes only. But they have, for me a beauty.
I don’t recommend the human form as a substitute ball. 🙂
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