Barn Charm_Aug 30, 2011

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I've always loved seeing old barns...well, new ones, too, but the old ones have more charm for me.  I always look for barns to capture in my camera lens on our trips to Alabama.

This is one we saw on our trip this year.

~Posted here also_ Farm Life of the Past~

Junie

Barn Charm - (for May 17, 2011)

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This is an old rustic barn we spotted in our world of north Florida.

We don't have a lot of these old buildings in our area so I'm always happy when we find one!  I'm glad this one has been left standing for awhile, though I doubt if it's used as a barn these days. It's right next to a busy highway!

Junie

Looking back... (...and a poem)

Update:

I transferred this post to 'Farm Life of the Past!'

Click link to go there.

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OK-

This is an old post I came across - posted way back in July, 2006!

I was checking to see what poems I have posted!

LOL - Welll.. I have posted a lot over the years. (here and on my poem site)


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In this old post:

...a little poem written about my husband's childhood.

Hope some of you enjoy this- even though it's all re-runs!

Have a great day!


Love,
Junie

Ruby Tuesday ~ 8 ~ 25 ~ '09 ~~~ Barn

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It's 'Ruby Tuesday' once again and time to share our ruby red pictures!

(visit Mary, The Teach to find other red posts!)

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This time I will show you this barn from our last trip to north Alabama!




Junie

One final bit from Alabama! :)

I got this E-mail from one of the nieces in Alabama!

Archaeology find

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, in California an archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: ' "California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers."

One week later, ' The Montgomery Advertiser, a local newspaper in Alabama, reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 300 feet in his pasture near Pine Level, Autauga County Alabama, Bubba Mitchell, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Alabama had already gone wireless."

Thank God for Bubba. Who said Alabamians were hicks?

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(To those of you who are from Alabama: Please don't be offended. I am also from Alabama and an Alabamian sent this to me.)


Junie

Reunion and Country scenes! Post #7

We didn't spend much time riding around but we did get out to the old home place at Mud Bottom ~ and also to the place where the little log cotton shed still stands!
( but just barely)

Charlie has a story about this cotton shed.

Read the story here


In the past I had fantasies of us buying this shed. dismantling and moving it and rebuilding it- log for log- on our place here in Florida. But on close examination of it this year we can see it's too far gone for that...even if it could be bought!

AHHH- but I will keep taking a picture as long as it stands...and probably after it falls into a heap !

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We also went to the Mud Bottom home place. This is the barn that was there when Charles was a kid but in his day it was not painted!

There's a new house on the property and the old barn is still in use as far as we could tell.

These are the fields Charlie's family farmed. This year the crop is soy beans. Last year it was cotton!















Oh, my! I guess I will have to finish up later with my People Pictures at the reunion!

(Just a few more ~ I promise!) ;)






Junie Rose

A ride in the country and the Reunion! ~ Post #6 ~

On Friday we left my brother's house pretty early and headed north to Athens.

Here are a few shots of the old town square of Athens. You still get a feel of the past here and I like that. This is where my husband and his family would come on Saturdays and later, in his teens, where C. would come with friends to hang out!


Note on some of the pics:

That old brick wall is fabulous! It's the exterior wall of one building and will be the interior wall of a little courtyard entrance to another shop - or restaurant, maybe! I just love old brick!!

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The UG White Hardware is where Charles' bike came from. (the story of Jake, in several posts, starts -here!)

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This whole town and all of this part of Alabama are BIG Alabama football fans, and you can see the evidence of it painted on most of the storefronts in town! Also on most North Alabama walls you will see pictures of Bear Bryant, the beloved , former Alabama coach!
( My brother's house has "Bear" on the wall!!)

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That statue on the courthouse lawn is a civil war soldier!

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I can imagine the men folk sitting on benches in front of the courthouse, whittling, as all men seemed to do in the past!
(Do men whittle these days? I don't think so!)

Charles says his dad, Mr. Boyd, referred to the gathering of whittling old men in front of the courthouse (of which he was one) as...the Dead Pecker Corner!!

LOL! I know- kinda off color...but I just report... you decide here! :)

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We wanted to have time to ride out in the country to see some of the places of my husband's youth; not that there is much left except the old barns-and the memories! I love that the barns are left ...but I can see a decline in their conditions, from one year to the next!

For instance...this one!

This is the one Charles remembers as the Maples barn and was/is on the place of the over-seer of the farm that my husband's family rented, as well as several other farms in Mud Bottom!
















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Tomorrow I will conclude with a few more country scenes and the reunion pics!


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We're having all the kids here tomorrow- so I have stuff to do to prepare! :) Looking forward to a busy but happy day tomorrow!

Have a great Saturday!


Junie Rose

Alabama trip coming right up!

This week is almost over and not near all of the things on the plan that needed doing have been done!

Oh, well- SOME have been accomplished, of course, but not all! I at least got the hair-cut out of the way- and got my poodle groomed. Charles got the meadow cut today too... so-I guess you can say it has been a week for getting stuff cut- if nothing else!

The reason I'm in a bit of a tizzy is that we will be going on our trip early next Tuesday! The concert in Atlanta to see Mark Knopfler is Tuesday night, so we must get an early start! Then we will be going on to north Alabama for Charles' family reunion and to visit my brother and SIL also. We will be gone through the weekend...returning on Sunday-if all goes well.

These trips, though seemingly simple enough in the planning, always turn into a hassle for us, with all the little details of planning and things to do before hand. The big thing is in leaving our place here- with all that goes into taking care of the cows...and now the horse; and my little old poodle girl and the cats will have to be cared for, too! Our son is here so he'll have to take over for a few days-not that easy since he works 12 hour shifts at the hospital!

Oh, how I long for a stress-free vacation!

We also have the renovation project going on the house but there is no rush on that...darn good thing, too, because 'rush' is not a speed easily reached these days for us!

As usual, when overwhelmed, I have just about been shut down in my motivation and enthusiasm...my get up and go! I have felt just awful today with a headache that won't quit and achy legs and hips and back! I haven't slept well in several nights so I'm very tired.

I needed to do a little shopping today for a few items of clothes and shoes, but just didn't feel like getting out. Oh well, THAT I won't worry about because I can get by with what I have!

(LOL- After all- I doubt that Mark Knopfler will see me in my old worn shoes!)

OK- I'm trying to think ahead and realize how enjoyable these trips back home always turn out to be! I know we will have fun ...it's just the getting ready to do it that gets me down!

And this is all part of my being so settled into my daily life and having trouble dealing with changes! LOL- I know if we were going to the most exciting place on earth I would still have this same stress level!

:) NOT to imply that Alabama isn't exciting!

It is!! :)

Sweet Home Alabama

Junie