We decided to settle down for two night in northern Vermont so we could do a scenic drive up toward the Canadian border today. We had finished a great lunch at a very busy Cajun restaurant suggested by a women having a barn sale and were just about ready to turn east and then back south when we crested a hill and saw this old barn. I could hear it calling my name.
I had some fun thinking about the best way to capture the texture and color, taking a few photos. I wondered about who built it, how it was used, about all the winters that weathered it’s exteriors. I wonder who hung the saw blade and snow shoes – who had used them in the normal course of their existence?
We had turned onto a side road to get safely off the busy road we had been on. When we turned around and started back I saw the most beautiful part of this complex of barns.
I have enjoyed looking at the old homes and barns in these New England states, how they were added onto as a need for more space arose. I marvel at how added walls butt up to the existing building and roof lines merge, sometimes gracefully, sometimes not so much. And I wonder what stories are attached with each new addition.
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Beautiful images.
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Thanks, Paulie.
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Great photos, travel safe, hope you come visit us in New Brunswick.
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Thanks, Kelly. We went through the southeast part – but have been in New Brunswick several times in the past.
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Glad to hear, travel well, I’ll look forward to inspiration
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Would be fun to write a story about what may have been talked about in those barns!
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Go for it, Lois. You can use my photos if you like.
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Love this series of photos … so much character, so much mystery, so many stories to tell!
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Gorgeous photos Pat – I especially like the composition on the last one.
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Thanks, Nora.
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Lived in NE for a short while…love the old buildings rich with history…ah..but too cold for these old bones now. š Love the pictures!
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I kept thinking that it would be nice to live in northern VT and then I would realize that the coloring leaves were telling me cold is coming. š
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That last image is great – love the deep, rich colours and the textures, Pat
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That was my response also, when I saw the barn. Thanks, Sue.
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This is wonderful. Old buildings echo with untold histories; stories of joy and hardship in equal measure … maybe. How old would you reckon these barns would be?
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This is wonderful. Old building echo with untold histories; stories of joy and hardship in equal measure … maybe. How old would you reckon these barns would be?
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I have no idea because I’m not from this area. Could the story be that they were built over decades. They are close to the Canadian border so it could be either English or French farmers. There was a very well maintained more modern house on the other corner but noone came out to see what I was up to, as so commonly happens.
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