Buried Treasure

Long time friends of ours across town needed to replace some retaining walls behing their house. They live on a pretty steep hill, and the old wood retaining wall was rotting. So the construction crew had to move a LOT of dirt around. In the process they uncovered all kinds of old stuff, including this rusted trowel. What a beautiful object! I love the he texture and the muted colors. I tried putting it on different backgrounds, and liked this concrete the best - because it adds to the muted color scheme and it has a rough finish.