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Photo Essay: Inside a Blacksmith’s Shop

On March 30, 2013January 8, 2017 By GeoKsIn Photography3 Comments

My guess is that most of us don't give much thought to blacksmiths. If and when we do, we probably think of blacksmith shops as something that belong in heritage parks, where visitors sit on hard wooden benches and watch the park blacksmith forge a nail, a coat hook or a candlestick holder. If we're …

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Photo Essay: Preservation and Patina

On March 29, 2013January 8, 2017 By GeoKsIn Photography3 Comments

We're so very fortunate that even though the GeoKids attend different schools, they have the same two weeks for spring break! They think they'd like to sit at home "relaxing" in front of a computer screen. But we know better! So we've organized some interesting activities (at least they're interesting to us) to get us …

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