We Are Not The First

I found this old green bottle and the beautifully proportioned stone axe head on our property.  I have also found old broken glass, pieces of farming equipment and quite a few other old bottles and jars. 

The axe head could be hundreds or even thousands of years old and is made from our local volcanic stone.  The glass bottle dates back to about 1910 and was owned by the people who farmed our land, which is hard to imagine as where we live is now covered in large trees, although the ginger that was farmed can still be found growing along parts of our driveway and on the edge of the forest.    We are certainly not the first to live here!

The axe head is beautiful.  It is perfectly weighted and fits snugly into the palm of your hand.  There is even an indent on the side for your thumb and a flat spot for your finger to sit on top.  You can imagine my surprise when I found it a few years ago when I was walking beside our creek.  It really brought home the fact that we are not newcomers and people have been walking through exactly the same bush long, long before we came along.

The chickens are all doing fine, although a little spoiled!  I have to cut back on their treats e.g. sunflower seeds and unhulled oats so they eat more of the mix that is a balanced food.  Of course they prefer to just scratch around the garden for their own food which they do all day in between complaining about the lack of treats! :)

                                                                               

    

A few more items I found under the soil on our land.  The little glass ink bottle has a rest for the nib.  The glass stoppers were used before screw top bottles.  I have a box of coloured broken glass in our shed waiting for someone to make a mosiac out of it. : )