13: How Many Ladders Do You See?
1. The latter or the ladder?
2. Something’s happening here.
3. I’m happy that my 17-year-old grandson is learning building skills. He’s very fit, capable and is easy going.
4. He got his start HERE.
5. I’ve been told that construction projects look worse before they look better.
5. Through the roof or Threw the roof?
6. “Together We Rise: To Floyd artist Charlie Brouwer, the assemblage of 150-plus ladders in Pulaski’s Jackson Park is a visual representation of what a community ought to be. Each ladder lent or donated by a community member “will represent their hopes and dreams, or the hopes and dreams of their church or school, or whoever they loan it in the name of,” the artist said. “And we’ll tie it together to all the other ladders from the community, so that they’re all both holding each other up and leaning on each other. So it’s a kind of a mutual support system … close to the ideal of what a community is supposed to be about, a collection of individuals who are concerned and care for each other.” It’s a universal theme that applies to all of the ladder installations that Brouwer has erected in communities ranging from Michigan to Georgia. – See a photo from Cardinal News HERE.
7. At one time I owned almost every Joan Armatrading album. Her 7th studio album that came out in 1981 was called Walk Under Ladders.
8. I looked up the root of why it’s bad luck to walk under ladders, but there were so many answers, including the practical reason that it’s likely unsafe because there’s probably construction going on above it. It also reminds people of a hanging gallows.
9. We should have named our road Rhododendron Row.
10. Where’s the roof?
11. Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof… Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth / /Clap along if you know what happiness is to you / Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do…
12. Climbing the Ladder of Success HERE.
13. Now that’s a good day’s work.
July 3rd, 2025 1:39 pm
After #10, I have that old Public Enemy song “Raise the Roof” playing on repeat in my head!!
July 3rd, 2025 2:30 pm
How can your grandson be 17 years old? I remember when he was born. Have we been blogging buddies for that long!?
July 3rd, 2025 3:35 pm
At one of the high schools, they have a construction class where they’re building a tiny house. (Well, last school year and I assume it’ll be a class next year.) Construction skills are important.
July 6th, 2025 5:33 pm
i almost started trying to count the number of ladders in that first pic! and now have Pharrell’s Happy in my head..:)
July 9th, 2025 12:54 pm
I didn’t even check this out! Awesome!
It’s going to look great!
I love that Byrce is helping in a big way! Joe is a good man and teaching how! Love this