Thursday, January 17, 2013

Bulls and Broncos

No, not sports teams; just gate adornments 


Apparently doing some gate repairs with reused metal

and brick work.

Linking to Friday's Fences

144 comments:

Dianna said...

Sure looks like Texas!!

Deb said...

Cool photos

Maple Lane said...

Love these!

Mary Howell Cromer said...

;') At first I thought that was a real cow standing at the crossing;') Very cool fencing!

Buttons said...

Morning Tex love the brickwork. B

Jacquelineand.... said...

These are great, especially like the top one.

Barb Brookbank said...

I got a kick out of that old metal fix-er-upper!

eViL pOp TaRt said...

Those are artistic fence ornaments. The last one looks like the rider on the Wyoming license plate!

Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...

Oh I like the bull!

What are you doing w/ the bourbon? Do you mix it or drink it straight? I'm a wuss - I'd have to mix it w/ something!

Bob Bushell said...

Nice gate ornaments.

Jill said...

I like the look of the bull agaisnt the sky!

Beth @ E. lizard Breath Speaks said...

you get to see the coolest fences. i love the last one - guess you will only see one like that in Texas. love it!! ( :

Gail Dixon (Louisiana Belle) said...

Love the Austin stone work with the wheel in the center. Nice!

Fábio Martins said...

I liked that brick work.

islandwonder said...

So much land! Wow! I like the recycling for the gate.

Sandra said...

well we can certainly make and educated guess what each of these ranches has on their ranch.. i love bronco... and the brick fence

DJan said...

I thought that was a real bull in the first picture when I looked at it. Feels very Texas to me! :-)

Hanne Bente said...

Great pictures - really like the second last :)

Ana Mínguez Corella said...

Bright and original images...Congratulations and greetings

Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow said...

Love 'em!

bon bon said...

very nice variety. :)

Molly The Wally said...

We like the bucking horse. Have a terrific Thursday.
Best wishes Molly

Pix at Under the Oaks said...

Love the brick and stonework gate! Would love to build a house with brick and stonework. Bronc rider is cool!

Karen @ away for the weekend said...

The bull and the bronco make great ornaments on the fences. I really like the stone fence, also!

Dianne said...

the sky goes on and on in the first 2 shots
beautiful

Primitive Stars said...

Love the Bull and Bronco gates, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Francine.*

Betty Manousos said...

howdy?

these are impressive!

yep, sure looks like texas!

edenhills said...

Great gate details. I love that brick work!

Sinbad and I on the Loose said...

Like the inlaid wheel idea within the brick work wall.

ladyfi said...

Lovely fancy ornaments!

Jan n Jer said...

I love the uniqe stone wall with the wheel in the middle! Did I tell you I love those wheels...haha

Rustic Vintage Country said...

Love these, they should do this here in the UK! x

Beth said...

You have the nicest gates in Texas. Gates are few and far between here.

Joop Zand said...

Good shots again.....i like them.

Greetings, Joop

Karen said...

I like the bull and the brick. It's always good to recycle.

Kjell T. Evensen said...

Nice collection of fences. It's a lot of land down there.

A Quiet Corner said...

Wow! The folks down your way really do have big bucks!...:)JP

Muffy's Marks said...

Love the brick work. That took some time and planning!!! Today's photos of more gates rock!!

Sylvia K said...

Great gates for the day!! The fixer-upper is a hoot!

MTWaggin said...

That last one is totally cool!

Gone Country said...

I think Texas has the most creative gates!

I kinda like the stone and brick work around the wagon wheel.

Farm Girl said...

Lovely gates. All of the things that you capture with your camera.

Sketchbook Wandering said...

Some Western Culture, I love it! So different from New England...

Berts Blog said...

The gate decor is cool but what hit My Vickie is the emensity of the land behind. Texas looks so cool.

Bert

parker said...

Like that high kicking saddle bronc and rider. Wonder if the Cowboy stayed on for 8 seconds?

Reminds me of the logo used on Wyoming license plates.

Icy BC said...

First of, I love the photo of you!

Secondly, the different fence adornments are very unique and beautiful!

Gail said...

Love that rock entrance.

Donna said...

Yee-haw!

S. J. Qualls said...

Like the bronc, love the brick & stone!

Dicky Bird said...

These are my favorite so far. I even love the stone fence!

Bev said...

Wonderful Texas gates!!

bailey-road.com said...

I like these!

Angela Häring-Christen said...

The cow balance on the fence and the poor horse is on the cactus.
It looks funny.

Stephanie said...

Love the brick work and the metal one with the cow.

Laura. M said...

Very quiet these animals are left to photograph very well. Teresa :))
a kiss.

don said...

I like how tastefully the gate decorations have become.
They are all very interesting...like the construction of the stone wall and wheel. Nice post.

Sonya @ Under the Desert Sky said...

All very cool, and all very Texan!

Rohrerbot said...

Love that rock wall. Beautiful. With some nice landscaping, it would be a piece of art!

Daryl said...

love these

nic.b van es said...

ja zo te zien heb je wel gelijk.

Linda said...

These are so "western." I think I should have been a cowboy because all that western stuff really strikes a chord with me.

Giga said...

Podoba mi się pierwsza brama, jest zabawna i ciekawa. Pozdrawiam.
I like the first gate, it is fun and interesting. Yours.

Wayne (Woody), whatever said...

At first, I thought the bull was a statue :-0

The fancy brickwork is a drastic contrast from the sheet metal gate.

farmer said...

Awesome! Love it!
I'm having a Highland farm sign, cut from steel, made for my husband for our 10th anniversary.

Nancy Claeys said...

Love the bronco -- we need to get a front gate! :)

Leave It To Davis said...

ooo, I do love the bucking bronco!!! Great find there, TexWiseGirl!

Patty Woodland said...

Could be here....

sparkle100-havealook.blogspot.com said...

Love the Bronco.

Patrycja Photography said...

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Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder said...

Dearest Theresa,
Great ways for keeping the gate functional; even with used metals...
Hugs,
Mariette

Łucja-Maria said...

Very interesting gate.
All are very nice.
Regards
Lucia

missing moments said...

Love how you lined up that first bull. True Texas.

Robin said...

T, cool ornaments! Sure is lots of sky down there!

Marie said...

Neat the way you positioned the bull at the end of the road. But I LOVE that bronco...someone here should also have this one on their fence! :-)

nyloncamera said...

Sweet!

Fireblossom said...

Moo!

Debbie said...

texas to a "t"!!

love that brick work and the wagon wheel!! i wonder if you will ever run out??

Julie G. said...

Great shots! I like the first gate ornament!

Ms. A said...

I LOVE that brickwork!

FOREST SNAPPER said...

Yes i like these..i like the way people try to put their stamp on things to make that little bit of difference.


peter

Kathy said...

Love that bucking bronco!

Betsy Adams said...

Very nice gate decorations... But--your title did sound a little like a couple of sports' teams... ha ha

Hugs,
Betsy

Evelyn S. said...

I really like that brick one!

Susan, a Sometimes Blogger said...

Love the clever positioning of bully boy in the top photos!
The brick fence is cool :D)

DIMI said...

Great pictures Tex!All very Texan style!!
Dimi..

Carole M. said...

certainly a variety of gates and fences. Wonder has the blank canvas metal fill for that gate been like that forever? Maybe plans coming up to add their special touch to it

Margie said...

That's a lot of bull!

Pearl said...

Love the brickwork!

Pearl

eileeninmd said...

Love the bulls and broncos and I really love the brickwork. Great finds!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

That one in the process of repair was definitely the odd one out in this post; loved the brickwork one the best. That bull is HUGE!

EG CameraGirl said...

Pretty fancy!!

Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...

No pigs in Texas?:@)

Kristin_Texas said...

I love these. We have a little dog on ours. A cocker spaniel I think.

Kristin

Red said...

Super stone work on photos 3 and 4.

Birdman said...

Reminds me of a Remington.

SquirrelQueen said...

I love the bronco rider. That brickwork is very cool.

Candy C. said...

I really like the wagon wheel set into the rock wall!! :)

Angela said...

You really do have some cool fences in Texas! Nothing really cool like that around here. I loved them all and especially the brick fences with the wheel in the middle.

Annette Mickelson said...

I love that bucking bronco one. You have the most interesting gates in your neck of the woods!

Michelle said...

Cool fence!

Sally in WA said...

Those are all so cool!

Barb said...

I like that wagon wheel in the rock look. On the dashboard, it did look like a real steer standing on the fence!

Grandma Barb's This and That said...

I like the stonework with the wheels. But I would have thought they could have used something a little better in repairing the gate. :0)

Catherine said...

Now those are some fun fences!
xo Catherine

SandyCarlson said...

Those gates are great!

~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...

I like the last one! :-)

Tammy said...

Ha, when I first looked at the first photo, I thought it was a real bull for a second! Cool shots!!

Michael Manning said...

What a fascinating subject. I recall seeing these types of images from childhood! Very nice!!

SweetMarie said...

I keep forgetting to tell you that I love seeing your fur babies in the header. :)
Okay when I saw your post on my blog I thought that was a real big bul/cow! LOL!

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

That last one looks really good !

Saun said...

Nice shots Texas style........

Chatty Crone said...

That is what I call a Texas gate!!!

Faye said...

It just cracks me up how people use most anything to cobble together a fence. Frugal farmers/ranchers. Glad they most often manage to find some ornamentation though.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Kind of cool how they are recycling some materials!

petspeopleandlife said...

Great looking Angus bull on the gate. Also like the cowboy on the bronc.

Jidhu Jose said...

WoW...nice findings

My Skywatch

Montanagirl said...

These are great - but I really like the brick with the wagon wheel...pretty neat!

Jo's World said...

I love the cowboy on the horse, that is my favorite. Next to your new personal picture that is, that big smile is wonderful.

Cheers,

Jo

Gina Gao said...

This looks really great!

www.modernworld4.blogspot.com

Maria said...

Lots of crafty folklore there!

Daniel LaFrance said...

Are those gate markers indicative on the type of farm or something else?

Nice finds!

deeps said...

some manly picts...

Fjällripan said...

Great gates! Really like how you photographed the bull in the two first shots! :)

R.Ramakrishnan said...

Nice captures TWG of bulls & broncos. Reminds me of the once Wild West.

Monika B. said...

Sou beautiful photos. Monika B.

Liz Needle said...

Very American look to me. We don't have gates and fences quite like this - well, not taht I have seen anyway. Love the look.

Ayu Maselli said...

nice ranch and brickwork awesome!

Revrunner said...

Probably a different breed, but those first two images reminded me of a Charolais bull that once chased me many moons ago while I was running past his pasture. :-)

Nature in the Burbs said...

Nice! At first glance I thought the cow-bull-steer? was on the path!

orchid said...

Dearest Theresa,
What a unique fence ornaments, I never knew what "bronco" is (^^;) And I love the brick work♪♪♪
Sending you lots of love and hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

Judy said...

Wow T, I love them all!

Liz said...

Great series!

Jeevan said...

At first glance I thought a real bull was standing! The brink work was fascinating… Thanks for sharing.

Tanya said...

the bull is my favorite....gosh, i hate being late to your blog, i have to scroll for days just to comment lol

Black Jack's Carol said...

Just for a second, i thought I saw a real steer in that first photo (eyes bleary from too many photos to go through and too much blogging :) Love all of these shots for different reasons.. the recycled idea, the brick work just beautiful, the action in the bucking bronco (although I always feel sorry for bucking broncos). Fun post!

thirtysevenandcounting said...

Really like the stone wall with the wagon wheel insert, and of course the bucking horse and cowboy. :-)

~Lindy

Brian King said...

I do love those stone walls with the wheels in the center! Pretty darn cool!

Pam ;) said...

Fantastic shots, T.. and that's no bull ~:>)

pattisjarrett said...

Nice stone and brick work.

Linda said...

Love that last one!

wayside wanderer said...

Oh that first one brought back a memory I haven't thought of in a long time. My great uncle used to make cut outs like that and we inherited them when he died. Not sure how he did it, but he did. :)

Paula said...

Ooooh~ these are great!!
(And so is your new profile picture, cutie!! :)

laura.forestdreams:) said...

i LOVE the stone wall wikth the embedded wheel!! AND the cowboy/bronco metal art!!

georgettesullins said...

Haha...at first I thought it was an enormous statue! I remember passing a larger than life sized statue of a bull going to the farm years ago, and daughter #1 calling out "Look at the horse." It took her a while to figure out the difference. :)

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