Wheelbarrows in Lagos

Marieke van Der Graaf, writing of things she saw on moving to Lagos in March 2024:

"- some people sleep in wheel barrows at bus stops, they use the wheel barrows during the day to make money and bring goods for people and then sleep in it (waiting for another job?)"

Her post is public, and there are a few photos, but none of a wheelbarrow. Not yet.
Public post for those on facebook

Traditional Korean farmyard

From the kdrama "My Liberation Notes," episode 5, the front yard of a farmhouse. The low table is called a pyeong-sang (flat table), and it's used as a room, in that people leave their shoes on the ground. Sometimes a small table is put in the middle (for food or drinks), or sometimes it's just for sitting, or lounging.

There are other Korean-looking things, and the wheelbarrow is probably generic, rather than local. But I've seen more plastic (rather than steel) pans lately, and this one has a steel brace in the front, rising from the axle, to strengthen the part that might be holding the most weight when the wheelbarrow is in motion.

A planter with a story

Posted on facebook by "Cottage in the Oaks":

This old wheelbarrow sits out by our woodshed, and we plant different flowers in it with the seasons. It was my grandfather’s wheelbarrow….the only one he ever used. He used it for all of his gardening, for cement to lay foundations for his business and home….it’s huge! Lots of legacy and lessons in that wheelbarrow. And for many years now it has held a special place in our garden…a little spotlight. The daffodils have just started blooming in it, and in a couple of months it will overflow with coleus. 🤎

(those on facebook can read the comments there)

Thanks to Theresa Larson for showing me.

Somebody's great idea:

Theresa Larson sent this video to me.

Revamping old posts

Note to self, mostly.

Things older than September 2013 have been checked and improved. Flash videos aren't working, but the code can be changed. Some have been fixed and code can be borrowed from those:

Larkrise, July 2013

Knights of Badassdom, February 2014

Most of my posts don't have links or videos. Good!

Many sites and blogs I had linked from are gone. I would like for that not to happen to this one, as there are things here that aren't elsewhere. The videos above are not part of that, though, really...

Cactus, Spain

Ester Siroky took these photos in 2021. They came up in facebook memories, and somehow I failed to bring them here sooner.

I don't suppose wheelbarrow photos are very time-sensitive.

Awkward...

ONE part is left, of this wheelbarrow, and it's still being used. 😊

My daughter (that's her in the photos) works on a farm (farm education program) and the tray of this old wheelbarrow had been filled with compost. All its other parts are gone, so it needed a hauler. 😊

I think it's very sweet that it's still in use.