Thursday, May 28, 2015

Good Fences

While walking along one of the trails at Dorothy Oven Park last weekend, I spotted this fence through the bushes.

I got a little closer to the fence, but this was all I could see.

I continued my walk and about a half hour later, I came up on it from a different angle. That fence was surrounding this cute little wooden water tower! At one time, it must have serviced the manor house located in the park. I showed a picture of the house on my blog a few years ago here.

Here is a closeup of the top of the water tower. It's funny, I've been visiting this park for years and we even held my daughter's wedding reception in the manor house 14 years ago, but I never noticed the water tower until now.


Linking to Good Fences.

25 comments:

Halcyon said...

It's getting really green there! Nice fence. :)

biebkriebels said...

Such a pretty fence and watertower. Yes, to explore your city can have some surprises you didn't noticed before.

Revrunner said...

Looks like it could be easily missed with all that foliage.

DeniseinVA said...

What a lovely old water tower Lois. Beautifully photographed.

eileeninmd said...

The water tower is neat, looks like the tree hide it well. Great fence scenes, Have a happy day!

VP said...

A nice fence, a very interesting water tower, and really a lot of green!

Cranberry Morning said...

Nice fence, and what fun to notice that old water tower!

EG CameraGirl said...

Very pretty area to walk, Lois!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Well spotted Lois,cute as well as once functional.. Oven Park House is a gorgeous property.

TexWisGirl said...

really cool old water tower! love the lushness surrounding it. :)

Anonymous said...

Great good fence pictures and the tower.

Lowell said...

What a cool post. I like the fact that your were curious enough to keep going until you discovered the cute wee water tower! Very nice photos, too!

LV said...

It still is a nice fence showing even tho about covered in the foliage. I like the tower.

Tanya Breese said...

i love that little water tower!

Small City Scenes said...

Funny what we see and don't see. I like the shots you took.
MB

Sharon said...

This looks like a pretty place and that tower makes me think of the old TV show "Petticoat Junction".

Sylvia K said...

Gorgeous captures for the day, Lois!! What a beautiful park!! All that beauty and a great fence as well!! Love it!!

William Kendall said...

It looks quite surrounded, but still in good shape.

Birdman said...

I'm sure it served a purpose and probably still does to some degree. Still in good shape.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Always something new to see -- though it appears this park is lovely enough that I'd never tire of walking there anyway.

Ida said...

What a great find. The watertower is cool looking. - Gosh I didn't think there were many who remembered the show Petticoat Junction.

cieldequimper said...

Lovely shots of a pretty place!

RedPat said...

Funny how we can miss things that have been there all along! Nice pics of it, Lois!

Latane Barton said...

Your perseverance paid off. That is a darling little water tower.

Pauline said...

Love the shot looking straight up at the tower. And the little fence around the top of it.