The vision carried by a mountain subsistence farmer is broad and optimistic, one that sees beyond subsistence. He retires the old tools and machinery of the farm, regardless of how old or broken, knowing they might be of value one day, to someone.

The photos in this book capture that optimism, the cradle that holds these used tools, resting in the hayloft or stall, in the hope of someone needing one or a part of one someday.