Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Barn at Sunset

I ventured down a new rural road, near sunset this evening, and this is what I found around one of the sharp curves.








This barn has alot of personality.  Lots of little doors on the front and the right side.
I imagine littlechildren playing hide and seek in the hayloft and hiding in all those neat cubby holes.
I guestimate this barn to be just a little over a century old.  And still going strong.
Nice flock of Vermont tough sheep call this barn home.

Progress on the barn at home:


The carpenter found nails hand made from 1848, wood sawed in 1845 -had the date on it.
Around the Civil War time.   He also found a bunch of bottles in between the rafters. 
Treasures will keep popping up every day, I am sure.  It was 120 degrees plus in the sun on that roof today.  All work stopped around 1pm.

2 comments:

  1. If that barn could talk, what interesting stories it could tell, I'm sure. Wow.

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  2. WOW! 1848 is way before Civil War time! What a cool barn you have!

    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/

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