Near the Hyde church, mill and blacksmith shop, this barn sat on the valley floor and has an odd appearance with all the extra additions on the end of the barn which seems to go on and on. Just like this winter which is going on and on with snow drifting on the road again.
Endless Barn
This barn looks as sad as I feel when the weatherman mentioned more snow. I don’t think this barn can handle anymore snow and I’m not sure other buildings can either. I know I can’t throw the snow up over the piles anymore so waiting for spring to arrive and as the one weatherman said, spring will arrive sometime in 2014.
More Sad
I try, when I can, find information on the subjects I photograph and the first thing I found about this church once I knew its name was that the church had a 1928 Hinners Organ. St. Katherine Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Rusk, Wisconsin, was organized on February 9, 1878 and the church was completed in August of that year. Its original name was The Evangelical Lutheran St. Katherine Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
But the more interesting story is the company that made the organ. The Hinners Organ was dedicated to the manufacture of pipe organs for smaller churches and enjoyed much success from its conception in May 1879. It depended entirely on a catalog as the company employed no salesmen, and therefore it was able to sell its organs at a very reasonable price.
The Great Depression played a big part in the company’s demise, but with the lack of salesmen, the company lost contact with its market developments and the need of larger organs for city churches and theaters. Disagreements among the owners about building bigger organs spelled doom for the Hinners Company and the company dissolved in October 1942.
St. Katherine Church
This cute little barn is starting to feel its age which a few boards weathering away and the windows looking a little sad. It probably heard the cold forecast as the arctic air is making me sad too.
A Little Sad
The two common events of this winter seems to be cloudy and snowy or sunny and frigid. And I don’t know which is the greater evil since one means messy roads and lots of shoveling and the other means high energy bills and frozen pipes. It might be pretty to some but I’m ready to see some pretty spring flowers.
The cold sun is shining above Norton Lutheran Church between Wheeler and Colfax, Wisconsin, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in September 2011.
Norton Lutheran Church
With more snow on Monday, I think this tractor should get off the back of the truck and get a blade or bucket so it can clear a path for the truck. But maybe the tractor has the right ideal; just give up on clearing snow and stay as far away from the snow as possible since the snow will just fall again and it is pointless to try to move it.
Smart Old Tractor
One of my cousins, according to my aunt, reached the AARP age with his birthday yesterday. I think this shed has reached the AARP age several years ago with a sag here and there on the foundation wall.
Sagging Wall
Donkeys never seem to look real happy and this one should be happy when it is summer time as there would be more reasons in the winter to look unhappy especially after another cold day.
Happy Donkey
With more snow overnight and more on the way, the deer are probably happy to find fields of corn which haven’t been harvested yet. But the farmer probably wished he had got the corn harvested before the deep snow arrived.
Not Harvested
The gray winter days are sometimes brightened by some colorful objects on the landscape like red barns. And a colorful quilt pattern on a barn is an added bonus.
Quilt barns have been around for hundreds of years and a movement in early 2000s have seen more new quilt blocks appearing on barns again. Now there are Barn Quilt trails, which originated in Ohio, in most states so maybe I will have to go visit each one (starting in the warmer states during the winter).
Quilt Barn
