Telephone Pole

It's been the central feature of our landscaping plan. Other than the dying Norway Maple, which will be gone in a year or two, its the dominant feature of our backyard. We've planted trees, vines, and shrubs to hide parts of it and the cables that hold it stable. And it still dominates the backyard.

If our house had been built in the past couple decades, rather than the 1920s, all the telephone, electric, and cable TV wires would be underground. Telephone poles and wires definitely mark the architecture and city scape of that era. Sometimes I think it's charming, other times obstructive. In the 1920s they probably were signs of progress. Today they look old fashioned.

I wonder what people will think in 50 years of all the satellite dishes, or what's left of them, hanging off the sides of homes or marring roof lines? We've got one of those too, even though it's out of service. Progress?

I processed the photo in a way that gave it a dated feel, like the telephone pole.