Homemade security

 

American Lock on gate

 

An assemblage of nuts, iron rod, I-bolt, pipe, chain, U-bolt, and lock provides an ingenious method of securing the gate.

 

 

Lines of Light

Security gate

Reflected sunlight on a roll down security gate creates a pattern of light and dark.

Basket Shadows

Shadows of baskets

The shadows cast on the street beneath our feet by the ironwork baskets in the gate do not look like the ironwork baskets in the gate.
 

Galvanized gate

Chemical reactions

The chemical reactions caused by years of exposure to automobile exhausts, pollution, and rainfall create patterns on this galvanized security gate.

Shady gate

Sheet metal gate in the shade

This looks like it could be anywhere, but it is not.  The dappled shade invites you in to the cool.  In the sun, it is hot.