I
took the pictures of this old long abandoned and overgrown barn last
Sunday.
Yesterday,
Tuesday, as I left the house around quarter to six and turned onto the
road across which is the plowed field, I caught sight of dying fire
and smoke out of the corner of my eye and turned to see what was
burning.
They
burned the barn.
This is all that remains.
What
used to be this...
is
now this...
What
really surprises me though is how much of the overgrown vines and
stuff around the edges didn't burn.
oh wow! glad you got photos when you could! just goes to show...
ReplyDeleteThat was quick! i was all set to move in!! I feel bad about some of the old barn wood not being saved- always good for art.
ReplyDeleteIn the first photo it scarcely looks like a barn at all, rather like a pile of hay or some other plants. Close up i can see the barn. It must have been very old. Sad to see it go, but perhaps from the farmer's perspective necessary.
ReplyDeleteIn the first photo it scarcely looks like a barn at all, rather like a pile of hay or some other plants. Close up i can see the barn. It must have been very old. Sad to see it go, but perhaps from the farmer's perspective necessary.
ReplyDeleteAlien asbestos vines.
ReplyDeleteHow fortuitous you got the picture when you did. And quite a coincidence they burned it down within the week.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to imagine the stories behind all these old buildings.
Wow, fascinating how as soon as you took note of them for us, poof! I liked the way they looked all overgrown. I suppose they'll clear away the debris and maybe farm the space?
ReplyDeleteSo sad when all those pieces could have been used for another purpose.
ReplyDeleteSome people think burning is the only solution. I bet someone would have cleared that just for the wood...now they have to deal with the nails and the tin.
Sorry, but I had to laugh when I saw this. They're always burning things around here and when I first moved here I thought what the heck. I've come to understand some of it.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got your before photos at least.
You're prescient! I can't believe the timing.
ReplyDeletei didn't even realize there was a barn under all of that! wow! it would have been nice for them to save the barn wood. like linda sue said... it's great for art projects.
ReplyDeleteWe have a ton of similar abandoned structures in Montana. Nothing ever grows over them and apparently it hasn't occurred to anyone to burn them down, yet. I love taking pictures of them when we go on our long trips through the middle of nowhere.
ReplyDeleteEven though it makes an interesting photo, some things need to be burned down. Renewal and progress. Maybe that space will be used to grow food.
ReplyDeleteWhat's really cool is that you had the presence of mind to photograph it the other day. Something in you knew! How amazing and wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI guess there was no other way to get rid of that barn. The smoke, though, must have been shitty.
ReplyDeleteToo bad. I expect there are more than a few mice and rabbits and snakes in need of a new home.
ReplyDeleteThose photos really give us a feel for your landscape. Quite remarkable--both before and after. The barn, as it was, reminds me from something out of a Tolkien story. Makes me wonder where the Hobbits went. ;)
ReplyDeleteToo bad they didn't tear it down in time to sell the wide pine siding (that's what old barns always seem to be made of), which would have been valuable. As it was, I guess they could have left it as an oasis for birds, at least, but then they probably want to plant crops where it stood.
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad, really. But something must have told you to photograph it the other day.
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