Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Tractor as trellis

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I always wondered what the top of the old mosque looked like, the one built over Mary's Spring in Ein Kerem.
So I trudged up the steep winding narrow lanes to a vantage point way above.

You can enlarge the photo and find the Church of the Visitation and Gornensky Convent beyond the mosque. 


But the true treasure I discovered parked next to an ancient terrace wall, at the side of the narrow lane!
"Tractor as trellis" would be perfect for today's ABC Wednesday.


I sat on a rock near the tractor, ate my peanut butter sandwich, and tried to imagine the life the tractor had many decades ago.
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15 comments:

  1. never though of a tractor as a trellis!
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  2. What a Terrific idea!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  3. Well ivy has the possibility to hide things and beautify them.
    Thanks for your comment. The Tasmania Devil seems to be a protected animal for there are not many of them animore.

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  4. Only if the tractor could tell. Would be an interesting story!

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  5. "Tractor as trellis" Brilliant find! :)

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  6. True. This is terrific indeed...

    PhenoMenon, ABCW Team

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  7. Mother Nature will encompass everything.

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  8. Any idea where the tractor came from?

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  9. This tractor could surely tell many stories...

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  10. Tractor as trellis - I love it. Talk about becoming one with your work...

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  11. VP, I don't think there was a brand name on the tractor. I searched around the Net a bit but can't find any leads. Tonight I emailed a guide who lives in Ein Kerem; maybe he will know something. I'd love to know this history of the tractor. Could it be from pre-1948 when the Arab Ayn Karem residents did farming in the area?

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  12. It looks like the vines are swallowing it up. In Micronesia there are tank swallowed up by the jungle, still there from WWI.

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  13. That tractor looks like it's being eaten up by the vines. One day, something man made will be part of nature.

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  14. Neat looking tractor!


    Catching up with all the T entries.

    Travels & Wandering
    Rose, ABC Wednesday Team

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