Comments on: Fun with stones

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:58:37 +0000

Pete, from your photo I’d guess that the square black stones are basalt blocks from the Round Top quarry, but that’s just a first guess.

Funny that “Peter Veilleux” means “old rock” if you translate the Latin first name and the French surname.

By: pete veilleux

pete veilleux — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:13:00 +0000

here’s a picture of a path i made in my yard using mostly rubble and old street cobbles i found in my yard in the fruitvale district. can you tell me where the local street cobbles were made and what they were made of? they are super hard and must have been difficult to make.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eastbaywilds/247284926/in/set-72157594284476819/

also, i’ve found a bunch of very old black blocks which look like concrete but are much heavier – heavy as iron. i usually find them around the shoreline here in east oakland, but have found quite a few in alameda too. can you tell me anything about them?

thanks!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:45:45 +0000

Cool! That whole block has interesting old structures, plus the pair of columns next to the Chapel of the Chimes. The second picture on this post comes from your block too.

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:31:45 +0000

Wow I think that’s my driveway. You should come by and see the fence we have in the back yard. My landlady grew up in the house really sweet old lady and she told me her dad did all the work around the property and he was a bit eccentric. The fence has little buttresses and old bottles in it along with rocks from the area.

By: Silver Fox

Silver Fox — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:05:18 +0000

I like it – a nice idea. All my rocks around the yard, however, are generally in piles!