A stone folly beside a farmer's driveway. There really is no practical purpose for a folly except as a decoration...and what a handsome decoration it is.
I'll bet every kid in the county would like one beside their driveway.
Photographed somewhere between Oyen and Acadia Valley, Alberta on December 12, 2021.
I have seen this a few times and think it is great. Too bad there is not a matching one on the other side of the road.
ReplyDeleteHow would they get the farm machinery between them?!
DeleteI half-expect the French Knight from Monty Python to pop up from the top of the turret and taunt me!
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome.
DeleteHahaha!
DeleteInteresting to note the name of it - makes one wonder at the true origin of the word 'folly'. Waiting for a school bus in one of these could lead to all sorts of imagination!
ReplyDeleteFolly is one of those words that gets a bad rap or is simply misunderstood. "Folly" used as a noun, as it is here, is simply a light hearted, yet often extravagant, structure that is just "for the fun of it."
DeleteThanks for the definition Michael. I had planned to 'do a google' when I was done commenting and then completely forgot.
DeleteYou're welcome MA!
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