These are just a couple of old barns that I stumbled upon this past summer. The first one is near St. Johns and the other is near Tustin, Michigan.
November 29, 2008
Old Barns
These are just a couple of old barns that I stumbled upon this past summer. The first one is near St. Johns and the other is near Tustin, Michigan.
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9 comments:
I love the traditional look of the second barn, but the ivy (?) covering the first barn is just amazing!
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is that a quaker style barn? I have seen a lot of barns but I am having a hard time with the artichetectute on that one.
Are not old structures so inviting it seems to me they almost speak stories of their exsistance.
How beautiful!
I love old barns and farm houses, they are my favorite subject. I got to spend time each summer on my grandparents tobacco farm and so shooting the barns/farm houses brings back great memories.
The first shot is my favorite. Would love to see the same angle with violent, dark clouds moving in or on a bright blue crisp fall day.
Quilly - I loved the ivy, too. These older type barns are still quite common around here, but you don't see many like that - and in good shape, too.
JennyLu - I don't know much about the style of the barn in the second shot. There are several around here, but they are not nearly as common as the gambrel (or hip-roof) style. According to an article I found online at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - the outward curves of the rounded roof made better use of the space above the walls for storage (of hay, I suppose). The became somewhat popular for a period after WW I, but never gained lasting acceptance by farmers because they were more expensive and complicated to build.
Here's the article I referred to: http://www.business.uiuc.edu/orer/V13-4-5.pdf
Pauline - Good to hear your poetic voice :-)
Paitsmh - I miss the ongoing farming conversation we had in our comments a while back. Don't know about you, but I've been really, really busy these days. I'm hoping things will calm down a bit again soon. I'm going to try to start posting a little more farm related stuff on my other blog.
Chris - I think Pauline said it very well. There's so much history in these barns that it's hard to not feel a bit attached to them. I miss playing in the hay mow. A friend and I used to tie long ropes and swing from one beam to the next or down from the mow. Only occasionally did we end up face-first - flat against a broad wall, frozen there for a split second before sliding down the wall like a cartoon character. Those were the days :-)
I would also like a better sky, either more dramatic or clear, one or the other. But, you've gotta work with what you've got sometimes. This barn is about 90 miles away from here, but I would like to catch it on a more photogenic day. Maybe next summer.
I also wanted to apologize for the delay in responding. My computer has been on the fritz since shortly after my most recent post. I'm still working on getting the bugs out.
Also, I changed my settings so that people can't comment anonymously anymore. So, if you want to comment I'm afraid you'll have to sign up if you haven't already. I was starting to get loads of spam comments here and I'm hoping that this change will reduce it a bit.
I love barns, especially that barn with the ivy growing on it.
Such beautiful photographs. Thank you!
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