and her equally stalwart sister Beth...
WAY back in 1789 a Federal Style house was built on our land and another just across the street a year or so previous. Here, you can see the evidence of where those intrepid settlers split the massive granite slabs for the foundations to those first two homes in Denmark (the neighboring house still stands, ours burned in 1995) from right here on top of the mountain upon which they were built. Having moved some very small bricks of granite several hundred yards last fall, it boggles my mind at how much labor it must have taken to move these stones down over the mountain without destroying the sticks of granite or killing anyone in the process. The slabs that held up our foundation were several tonnes each.
Some neighbor of our who comes up here must also share my love for small stone shrines tucked away in remote places that are thriving with palpable spirits of place.
This last shot is the view from the other side of the mountain that we've been enjoying for years. Though you can't really see a whole lot of civilisation out there, this looks out to the north and west over the towns of Denmark and Brownfield, Maine and further into New Hampshire.
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