Another old red barn with a pretty stone silo but I wonder with the one corner of the roof so low to the ground, how many kids climbed up on the roof and maybe used it as a tobogganing hill.
Low Red
Picture of the Day for January 6, 2013
The ‘red barn’ week had winter and summer scenes so today picture will be a red barn in the autumn.
Hundreds of years ago, many farmers would seal their barns with linseed oil, which is an orange-colored oil derived from the seeds of the flax plant. To this oil, they would add a variety of things, most often milk and lime, but also ferrous oxide, or rust. Rust was plentiful on farms and because it killed fungi and mosses that might grow on barns, was very effective as a sealant. It turned the mixture red in color.
As European settlers crossed over to America, they brought with them the tradition of red barns. In the mid to late 1800s, as paints began to be produced with chemical pigments, red paint was the most inexpensive to buy. Red was the color of favor until whitewash became cheaper, at which point white barns began to spring up.
Autumn Red
Picture of the Day for January 5, 2013
Today’s red barn is a special red barn to me since it is my grandfather’s barn. It has definitely seen many years of use and I have heard many interesting tales from the aunts and uncles about what they did in the barn. A cowboy singing group, the Ringling 5, has a wonderful song called “Grandpa’s Barn” and you can listen to it with the link below the picture.
Grandpa’s Barn
Picture of the Day for January 4, 2013
The sun is shining today and the bright, white snow sure makes the red barns stand out more. I had shingled the roof of milkhouse which is on the other side of the big barn twenty five years ago (when I was much younger!) but at least it wasn’t the big barn roof as that has a farther drop to the ground.
Red, White and Blue
Picture of the Day for January 3, 2013
As I continue the ‘red barn’ week, today picture is a lot of red barns and while not a rustic as an old red barn would be, it is a fitting picture for today as these red barns are on my parents farm and today is my dad’s birthday. When they purchased the farm (before I was born), all the barns and buildings were white but after a couple of tornadoes removed a couple of the barns, they were replaced with red ones. When it was only one red and the old white barn, it was easier to know where to go but now it is the middle barn or the back barn which works fine until my brother decides he needs another barn for his machinery. So would the middle barn become the ‘old’ middle barn and would the new one become the ‘way back’ barn? Maybe they should have different names but my brother is not quick in naming things and that is why one of his bulls were named Gertrude since my sister named it since my brother didn’t hurry up fast enough!
Lots of Red
Picture of the Day for January 2, 2013
Another barn for the ‘red barn’ week and it appears there are couple of rocks in the field that haven’t been picked yet but they are a little small so easy to be overlooked!
Red and Rocks
Picture of the Day for January 1, 2013
There might be some people with red, blood shot eyes this morning if they were ringing in the new year last night so I thought today’s picture should be a red one but since it is the new year, that it also had to be ‘new’ and ‘red’ so this new red barn can start off the red barn week.
Happy New Year Everyone!
New Red Barn
Picture of the Day for December 30, 2012
This barn wall and hinges definitely fit into the ‘old’ week theme. With one hinge already broken, I wonder how long the rest will last or before the wood rots away. With the nails bent over and double nails instead of screws, the fix-it job probably would not have gotten an A in a school woodworking shop class!
Old Hinges
Picture of the Day for November 26, 2012
I bet there are critters are hiding in this wooden barn gathering heat on this cold morning! I wonder how many dreams and memories this old barn holds for the farmer that originally built it.
White Barn Standing Proud
Picture of the Day for November 5, 2012
In my back road wanderings, I’m always on the lookout for interesting scenic things and old things like wooden barns, old silos and windmills and every once in a while, you might find all three close together. And I’m sure all three would have interesting tales to tell of the past.
Triple Rustic View
