Today I'm once again linking up with Our World Tuesday, a meme that encourages bloggers to share images of their world. It's a great way to get a glimpse of life through the eyes of others! You can find out more about it here. Even if you don't participate, I encourage you to take a look at the intriguing pictures that bloggers from around the world share each week.
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This week I was inspired by fences. Do they keep others out—or us in?
"The wide world is all about you:
you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot
forever fence it out."
~J.R.R. Tolkien
~J.R.R. Tolkien
Adorei a inspiração, a frase é fantástica para a imagem! O mundo é muito mais do que podemos cercar. Um abraço!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteInteresting question about the fence...I suppose it all depends on your perspective :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it does. :)
DeleteHappy Tuesday!
Good question.... I think they do a bit of both :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. :)
DeleteThat wooden fence wouldn't keep anything out.
ReplyDeleteIt sure wouldn't!
DeleteCool! I'm going to check it out! LOVE the Tolkien quote... I love fences (for the most part) they reflect a need--to feel protected, etc. Of course there are some ugly ones...
ReplyDeleteI agree, but I think that even the ugly ones are kind of pretty in their own way. :)
DeleteGuess what Tolkien is only buried about ten miles from where I live. The fence makes me laugh as I hav ejust fitted a set of gates to keep people out and the dogs in.
ReplyDeleteI assume you've been to his gravesite? Too funny about the gates!
Deleteexcellent question... perspective of the moment I suppose. Great photo!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura. :)
Deletehmm nice thought. I think a fence is we put ourselves around us to separate from outer world. And so we are in :)
ReplyDeleteI often feel the same way. :)
DeleteMaybe they're for doing both. Keeping others away and preventing us from going too far from safety.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense to me. :)
DeleteHappy Tuesday!
Such a great quote!
ReplyDeleteIt really is. :)
Deletenice fences - the holes are big enough to just fit a camera lens through.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are. :)
DeleteIf you're up for feeling philosophical, find Robert Frost's "Mending Fences" and August Wilson's play "Fences." I always loved teaching those 2 together.
ReplyDeleteI've read Frost's poem but not Wilson's play. I'll check it out. Thanks!
DeleteNice composition with the fence line, I like.
ReplyDeleteThanks. :)
DeleteThat is a really cool picture!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sherry.
DeleteI love the picture & the quote. I have written poetry about fences, walls and barriers. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteI guess fences do both
ReplyDeleteYes, both the literal fences and the metaphorical ones...
DeleteFunny you mentioned it, I'm putting one in right now. Mostly because it's the law when you have a pool but my husband is all about privacy and I'm sick of putting my dog on a leash so I suppose it's there to keep strangers out and my dog in!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to be able to let the dog out without worrying. :)
DeleteThat quote is deep food for thought. Both, depending on my mood or the reasons. :)
ReplyDeleteIntriguing thought... and a great quote by one of my favourite authors.
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favorite quotes.
Delete"Don't fence me in"! Great composition.
ReplyDeleteThanks. :)
DeleteWhat a great pic! Love your world.
ReplyDeleteI don't know kind of both. They just set up a fence that let's you in and out of my neighborhood to the sidewalk that leads to the trail. It's not locked and it doesn't really protect us from the outside world, so I kind of feel locked in and locked out at the same time.
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Good point!
DeleteFences are interesting indeed! I'm glad we have them especially when walking past a barking dog (and that's when I check to see how high the fence is and how sturdy :) and in that particular time I'm glad the fence is keeping someone in :)
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Indeed. :)
DeleteThat is a good question, Dana! I think fences keep us in, but the world sometimes manages to squeeze through non-the-less :)
ReplyDeleteSo true. :)
DeleteDifficult to say.
ReplyDeleteDepends on the perspective.
Great shot!
I 'm on the fence on your fence question :)
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Great pics. I prefer coming up against a fence to a brick wall!
ReplyDeleteSame here. :)
DeleteNice post. People who use fences keep themselves in as well as others out.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Fences are interesting both to ponder and photograph.
ReplyDeleteThey really are.
Deleteinteresting to think about....I am not sure!
ReplyDeleteThere are certainly many different ways of looking at it. :)
DeleteSometimes fences do matter...anyway a novel thought.
ReplyDeleteLiterally and metaphorically, I really think they do.
DeleteThanks for your comment. :)