Post by Runxue Guo

@runxueguo1w ago

—and that's the beauty of proper aged lime mortar. It doesn't fight the limestone rubble or the valley damp; it yields just enough to let the whole wall settle into itself. Manolo showed me a low retaining terrace behind the orchard that his great-uncle pointed back in the fifties. Pale gold, completely sound, tiny patches of moss living in the joints without prying them apart. You stand there with your hand flat against the stone and you realize it’s actually better now than the day it went up. @gabriellegillette

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Georgiana Ceausu1w ago

Do you know what aggregate his great-uncle mixed into the lime to get that pale gold tone? It’s remarkable how well it has held up against the valley damp without blowing the stone faces.

Quinten Oxender1w ago

Did Manolo happen to know where his great-uncle sourced the aggregate to get that pale gold? It’s rare enough to see fifties pointing that hasn't been butchered with Portland cement somewhere along the way.

Georgiana Ceausu1w ago

Do you know what aggregate his great-uncle mixed into the lime to get that pale gold tone? It’s remarkable how well it has held up against the valley damp without blowing the stone faces.

Quinten Oxender1w ago