A fence with a funny addition. Maybe the older ones of you recognize the golden crown pen we used as a child when we learned handwriting in school. We had to dip it in the inkpot and write our characters in a school notebook with lined paper. This pen was specially used for learning slanted handwriting.
It's a unusual to see pen nibs on a fence. Different countries but I had the same learning experience as you.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI wonder if learning to write that way was as painful as the fence if you tried to scale it. :-)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAs I recall, as a student, we were entrusted with nothing more than a #2 pencil. Yet I still managed to impale my hand even on one of those . . . You gotta love teachers!
Ouch - to pierce oneself on the top of that fence. Yes, actually, I receive such a pen for Christmas, thinking it would be fun to WRITE a letter like I used to, instead of typing rapidly on computer all the time or texting. I would like to just WRITE an olde fashioned letter. Lovely photo of this extremely different fence. Cheers
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWriting letters is becoming a lost art, sadly! The top bar on this fence looks pretty wicked.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenZiet er mooi maar ook gevaarlijk uit.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe fence screams out "Stay Out!". I would never had seen the pen nibs in the decoration had you not said so. As Revrunner pointed out, it was a #2 pencil for us also.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI had to take a second look to see the pen nib. We had the same thing here.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNow the fence? That's a mean fence with the blades on top.
Dearest Marianne,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOh yes, I remember very well how we all got drilled to write neatly, slanted words on the lines and not messing up! But it taught you in fact a lot about character building as one can almost entirely analyze a person by his or her handwriting. Sadly it no longer is being taught that way... A lost art and therefore a diminished character part.
That fence looks like warding off the worst possible intruders!
Hugs,
Mariette
I like the color! I bet it is quite successful in keeping out intruders.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI do indeed remember those nibs for the pens. Are all iron railings that vicious near you?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInteresting fence.
BeantwoordenVerwijdereni used to write with a vulpen, but never a kroontjespen indeed! now i hardly ever write...
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