Ken Ostrander Stonework

04/26/2015

09/02/2014

Brave explorers enter what may be the world's deepest cave. Some call it "Mount Everest turned upside down"

In this week’s issue, Burkhard Bilger writes about the ongoing effort to explore what may be the deepest cave in the world, located in Mexico. It’s “a kind of Everest expedition turned upside down,” he observes. Above, watch the cavers scale slippery walls, swim through frigid water, and make camp i…

09/01/2014

The 7th fastest-growing job in the next 10 years:

Masons’ Helpers
> Pct. change in employment 2012 – 2022: 43.0%
> Number employed, 2012: 24,400
> Number employed, 2022: 34,900
> Median annual income: $28,220
> Educational qualification: Less than high school

Mason’s helpers provide assistance to lead masons, who make plans, read blueprints, and lay out foundation patterns. As of 2012, there were only 24,400 people working as masons’ helpers. However, the BLS forecasts that a post-recession rebound in construction will result in a large increase in new schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, and other buildings. This new construction will require a large number of workers with training in building fences, walkways, and walls. The BLS estimates that the need for onsite mason helpers should grow by 43% between 2012 and 2022, almost twice the growth rate of construction sector employment as a whole. Despite the expected construction boom, the construction sector, including mason’s helpers, is highly dependent on cyclical factors.



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Source: ThinkstockAfter the recession wiped out millions of jobs, the American labor market has at least partially recovered. So far this year, the United States has added roughly 1.6 million jobs. And in the 10 years through 2022, the BLS estimates that employment will grow by over 15 million jobs,…

05/17/2014

My horses bedded down after a long cold winter, soaking up the warm spring weather

02/22/2014

http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/how-wolves-change-rivers/

4 minutes | When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and...

02/19/2014

The Stone Forest in Madagascar

01/27/2014

If you ever start to feel old, try thinking in terms of stone. Some hand-crafted walls, such as the Great Wall in China, were built 1000s of years ago. Puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

01/21/2014

My dad (Ken) built this mini-stone castle near his cabin when I was five or six to teach me about stone masonry.

01/17/2014

01/12/2014

Some monkeys in Japan escape the cold by clinging to the natural stone walls of a hot spring. If you ask us, that's not a bad way to spend your winter...

01/09/2014

Enormous stones known as "menhirs" spike the coast of northwestern Spain.

01/03/2014

Thanks to Sylvia Kitchen for sharing this great photo of one of my dad's curving stone walls.

Field Stone wall built by Ken Ostrander of Willow, NY.

12/31/2013

The only thing more timeless than Pat Metheny's guitar solos is his custom stonework. My dad, Ken, created custom staircases, walls and patios for the music legend!

12/25/2013

These beagle puppies can't wait to hop a stone wall to get to their presents. We hope you have some nice ones under the tree, too. :)

12/21/2013

Have you traveled to any of the world's 10 most famous walls?

Walls have been built since ancient times, to mark borders, to keep enemies out or to keep people in. In more recent times walls have also been built ...