Some Barn Lov'in

By now you know how

much I love old barns....

and I love to photograph

these dieing old pieces of Americana...

something about them

sitting on an abandoned piece of property,

rotting away, with just a few lucky raccoons

taking advantage of their worn and torn walls

they served their purpose well

but, the modern farmer no longer

has any use for them

(poor barns)

too small for today's monstrous equipment...

in the way of the growing fields of corn and soybeans...

"the farmer has to feed the World y'know!)

If I had a few million bucks stashed away

I'd save the barns and let the world 

feed themselves.

(just say'in)

Where was I??

So,

the other day I see my neighbor doing this...

First thought: "there goes another old homestead!!"

Second thought: "I wonder what he is going to do with all that wood?"

Well, I'm glad I stopped to visit with him,

cause it turns out he was happy to share some with me...

He would love to see somebody come and

salvage these old buildings,

but for now they are just attracting

skunks and other varmints from the prairie...

I quickly went and got my crow bar and hammer

and went to helping him tear down the old garage...

Much to my dismay, that tearin' down business

is a lot tougher than it looks!!

So, I went and told Sall about it...

I know he's gonna faint when he sees these

gorgeous Douglas Fir 2x12's!!!

He did.

and

  then

he fired up the tractor 

and we headed down the road...

Unfortunately, there were only a few

that were still halfway straight and didn't have a crack down the center

(I guess the little garage has been leaning for quite some time)

But, I still managed to rip off quite a bit

of old barn lapp-siding 

or Car-Siding (as Sall called it)

it will work great for some art projects 

I have been dreaming of...

 The back side is just as pretty

as the front side

I would say!

I gave it a little bit of paint

(it's original white color)

and had these vinyl words stashed away

waiting for the right piece to stick them on...

In this Home

we are REAL

We do 2nd Chances

we show GRACE

we say Sorry

we give HUGS

we do FAMILY

we do LOVE

Sounds like something our ancestors

would've said right?

And it was probably the way they

lived on that little old homestead down the road....

working hard at feeding themselves.

Stop and hug a barn today,

Lisa