Graffiti: No Laws Broken In The Process

From This....

Blogging Buddy b13 ( Joseph) is conducting an experiment he is calling Project Graffiti...by you: for us!

He has given you the reader a blank canvas you can download and add your art anyway you want. Then post your result on your blog, leave a comment on b13's blog so people can come visit you and see "your creation, your vision, your art!"

To This!

Granted it might not be all that creative; but I had a lot of fun. All my photo software is on my laptop that is being redone (ugh) so the best I could do was Microsoft Paint. And...I got to be a graffiti artist with a spray paint can and leave my mark on a blank wall without breaking any laws! How cool is that!!

Go Grab The Blank Wall And Have Some Fun!

Priceless Community Art

Just recently I posted a photo of a Mail Pouch barn and had said I hoped to find more. Last week on a day trip I came across another of the historic structures. This one sits in Friendly, West Virginia. As I stopped to take a picture of the barn I noticed another small outbuilding beside the residence behind the barn. On the side of the building you will notice a quilt pattern. I’m not positively sure of the pattern’s name but suspect it is a variation of something called “girl’s choice.” On the other hand I could be completely wrong. My dear mother-in-law was the quilter in the family. I’m sure she’s shaking her head up there in quilter’s heaven and disowning me for my lack of knowledge!
Last year my mother had given me a magazine that ran a short article about these quilt patterns on barns in the state of Iowa. Barns play an important role in Iowan heritage. With quilting being another part of that heritage, quilt blocks on barns seem to go hand in hand. This link, http://www.barnquilts.com/2359.html, will take you on a virtual tour of actual photos of the displayed barn quilts in Sac County, Iowa.
Apparently this endeavor has begun in several communities across the nation. The original idea may have begun in the state of Ohio. In addition to Iowa and Ohio, parts of Kentucky and Tennessee have also jumped on the barn quilt wagon. On one of my first day trips after moving back here to West Virginia last summer I spotted my first quilt barn down the hillside from the interstate. At the time I didn’t carry my camera everywhere I went. Shame on me; and yes, I’ve learned my lesson! Knowing there are two here in West Virginia I’m certainly going to be on the lookout for more priceless community art ~ and with camera in hand!