This photo of the salt ponds was taken in about 1998. Island Thyme is being built and the Methodist Church is not repainted/rehabbed yet. I love this picture. Think about the fact that the wood is at least 40-50 years old...the salinas and ponds haven’t been worked on since they closed. This is all mortise and tenon–there are no screws or nails used–just wood to hold it together. And it sits in brackish water all the time.