Lichen-encrusted kindling tones perfectly with the colour scheme of this Mississippi-style porch chair. To me, its bright, cheerful design looks just as good with the extra textures heaped on by weather’s rust and flaking.
Its owner hurried to brush away the wood when he learned I wanted to take its picture, but I thought it was perfect as it was.
You can see the whole chair in an uncropped shot. I sense it has seen some sunny, happy days, with many more to come.
There may be those who conjecture the branches were not set aside as kindling, but merely lifted from underfoot. To please them, I’ll add this as a counterpoint, taken in Lancashire. It has similar elements and colour notes, though the metal fire pit is all rust.
Today’s kindling is prompted by Becky’s KindaSquare.
Susan Rushton 
A perfect pair. You have such a wonderful eye.
Thanks, Laurie. It’s lovely of you to say so.
It’s absolutely beautiful
I wonder if it was already rusty when it was painted? It looks like it might have been.
It could very well have been. All the better to leave it, as many things that have been “pre-owned” have beauty in them, if looked at with an open mind 😊
It looks wonderful with the colorful wood pieces on it!
That was a happy chance.
My first impression was, “Whoa, that is cool!” (Not the vision I had in mind at all when I read the title “Handpainted Metal Chair.”)
The wood and leaves at the bottom are perfect accessories for this lady. ❤
It’s definitely southern style. 🙂
It’s interesting as a piece of art, but I would never want to sit on it! Those metal chairs are uncomfortable even when not encrusted with ancient paint and strewn with twigs.
I imagine they get pretty hot in summer too.
Oh yes. Rust a pre-requisite in that kind of shot.
So different from the kind of garden seating we have here, but just as classic in its way.
I have to think it’s the ultimate in hospitality when someone provides a chair for kindling. The paint mimics the lichens so well — or vice-versa — that it’s hard to think that this wasn’t deliberate. What a cagey artist.
I wonder.
I like the idea about the ultimate in hospitality. I wonder if the owner sometimes brings out a mint julep for the twigs. A mint julep would work well with the colour scheme.
I do love the image!
That first picture is likely to kindle the imagination.
Kindle the imagination wondering what it was. 🙂
oh this is fabulous. Loving the colours, love the image and loving the clever use of kind
You have to be fairly inventive with this challenge!
Don’t worry January will be easier!
Love that painted chair. Reminds me of an Impressionist view of a garden. 🙂
Good point. Or of one of those overhead garden plans.