Thursday, January 9, 2025

Finding an Old Stone Ruin

 On a recent hike, we found the remains of an old stone building.  It's tiny by modern standards, and we guess it was used by early settlers as a warming shelter when they took breaks from cutting stone from the nearby hillside.

The beauty of this natural building material, and the mystery behind the ruin entranced me, and I enjoyed sketching this corner of the building using the reference photo above.

Don't you love when a sketch in a nature journal makes you curious to learn more?  I ended up reading about the Civilian Conservation Corps in our local state park, an incredible story in this area's history.

Happy Creating!

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