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RE: What I Do And Why I Do It
I saw that you continue to do well with your commenting and curating, etc. Bravo! Ultimately this is what makes Steemit "work".
The old home I'm working on is right on the old emigrant trail to California for the gold rush. Strange to think that just a smidge over 100 years ago this house was constructed entirely with hand tools. There was no electricity, and supplies for the project were delivered by horse-drawn wagons! They have a big old barn built the same time that used wood pegs for construction. No nails!
I'll have to take some pics and share. Many blessings.
That is pretty amazing to look at where we're at in just over one hundred years time. Makes you want to stick around to see where we might be in another 100 years. I'm guessing though, the only 100 years I might live to see will have to start from my birth in 1966, rather than 2018. Oh, well. :)
I've seen some of the nails used to build homes that were turn of last century, or maybe a little later. They weren't wooden, but the head of the nails was kind of strange—more of an angled part of the nail itself. Pretty cool, though.
Please do put up the photos if you get a chance. It would be great to see the work you've done compared to what it looked like to begin with.
I was surprise to discover the barn had been built with wooden pegs instead of nails. Must have been an old traditional craftsman working his trade to the end. I find the old nails of which you speak quite frequently around here among old buildings from the gold rush days. Each individual nail was made by an apprentice blacksmith as part of their training.
Yes, I'll take and post some pics. Blessings.