It's a rainy day in the Midwest, and that means "check beehive" has been moved to another day's to-do list.
However, the rain didn't keep me from capturing photos of old wooden barns along the nearby country roads. "Real" barns...not manufactured and delivered, not shiny & new, but barns with history, barns with heart.
If only they could talk.
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| This barn, situated on a state route, was most recently a tanning salon...imagine! What I love is the glass addition to the left...it could be a wonderful greenhouse. |
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| The cupola atop the barn has windows that would have let light in and allowed hot air to escape. It is certainly an elegant reminder of our heritage. |
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| The weather vane, along with several lightning rods, caught my eyes as well. |
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| This barn, with it's rounded roof, sits alongside a very old brick farmhouse on a winding country road. |
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| Behind the barn, silos & grain bins can be seen. To the barn's left, yet out of sight, is another very large barn. This must have been quite a busy homestead when it was a full-time farm. |
Why did I spent part of a rainy morning photographing barns?
Well, it seems these barns, so full of history & American heritage, are becoming things of the past. Before I saw another one torn down, or drove by the burning remains of what once was, I wanted to capture all of them that I could.
Well, it seems these barns, so full of history & American heritage, are becoming things of the past. Before I saw another one torn down, or drove by the burning remains of what once was, I wanted to capture all of them that I could.
As I've said in the past, while the thought is sad, I fear that these vanishing landmarks
will soon exist only through photography.
I love old barns. It's sad that they sit unused and uncared for for so long that they have to be torn or burned down.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos . It was raining here this morning but all cleared up now ! I to love the old barns . It is a shame more don't try to preserve them as they hold the history to many farm lands ! Have a good day !
ReplyDeleteI share your fear Mary. So glad you captured those two for posterity. The detail on the first one is superb and I can picture the sweat and grunts and the many, many hours of labour it took to build it. May we never forget.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. We have a wonderful old barn that has weathered to a beautiful gray... love the color but gotta paint it next Spring to keep the wood from rotting. Trying to decide on a color.
ReplyDeleteParticularly love the cupola picture. Our house is three stories tall on one side and the roof is a terribly steep pitch.It didn't occur to me to want a cupola until the house and roof were finished... 12 years have gone by and I STILL think we need one. My husband pretends he can't hear me. Nobody wants to get on that steep roof! Long ways down. :)