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Fence Accessories That Improve Your Home’s Functionality and Curb Appeal

grey picket fence surrounding a house

A picket fence has plenty of character already, adding a real warm and inviting touch to the front of your home. But with a few well-chosen accessories, it can do a whole lot more than just define your property or frame your garden. From a snazzy fence-mounted letterbox that keeps all the day-to-day mail right at your fingertips, to house numbers, some outdoor lighting and a few planters that add a bit of personality, it’s really not that hard to give your fence a bit of a makeover that improves both how it looks and how it works.

Fence Letterbox

Adding a letterbox to your picket fence can do a couple of things. Not only will it look a whole lot neater, but it also makes your front entrance a lot more practical and convenient. Instead of having a separate post box structure sticking out of your garden or competing with the exterior of your house, a fence-mounted option creates a tidy and cohesive look. Plus, you get the chance to pick a style, color and finish that goes with your picket fence and the overall style of your home.

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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Cake Slice Street Art

pink cake slice sticker photo by gail worley
Photo By Gail

It is a popular thing these day that graffiti artists will sometimes use blank USPS Priority Mail Labels as a canvas for their art. Hey, they’re free, and they stick to most surfaces, so win-win!
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Upside Down Trees at Mass MoCA

Upside Down Trees
All Photos By Gail

“Hey, look at those upside down trees!” I shouted to my friends as we approached the entrance to Mass MoCA, the coolest contemporary art museum in the Universe. The trees turned out to be a work of art by Natalie Jeremijenko called Tree Logic (1999) in which six live trees are inverted and suspended from a truss made up of a metal armature, stainless steel planters, and telephone poles. In Tree Logic, the art of the piece is not found in its condition at any single point, but in the change of the trees over time. Continue reading Upside Down Trees at Mass MoCA →

Led Zeppelin Gets Physical

Physical Graffiti Tenements

On This Date, March 22nd in 1975: Led Zeppelin’s double album Physical Graffiti reached the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the first of six weeks, giving the group its fourth number one album. The album was released one month earlier,on February 24th. The apartment building photographed for the albums’ iconic cover still stands at 96-98 St. Marks Place (East 8th Street) in NYC’s East Village.

Physical Graffiti Tenements

Houses of the Holy: 96-98 St. Marks Place (Photographed By Me on July 30th, 2017)