Barn Charm_May 23, 2012_ Alabama barn in Mud Bottom

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This is a barn in north Alabama

 ( Mud Bottom area-near the Elk River) 

where my husband grew up.

  It was a neighbor's barn and holds many fond memories for Charles, of times spent hanging out with his brothers and friends here.

 To a country kid,  in those bygone times, a barn like this was a cool place to spend  your leisure time.

This picture is one of many I have taken

 of this barn over the years. 

It amazes me that so many barns in the south are still standing and , in many cases, are still in use. This one in particular is still in good shape...to be 100 years old or older!

I wonder if farm kids of today still  enjoy the simple pleasures of time spent  in and around old barns like this.

I hope they do!

Junie

Barn Charm_May 14,2012

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Every year we make a trip to the north Alabama where my husband grew up. I enjoy riding around the countryside and seeing many old barns that still stand. My husband has memories and connections to  a lot of them and, especially, to this one.

This barn is on the land where my husband's family lived  for several years - from the time he was a little guy until he was about age 15 - if I remember correctly!

The area was known as Mud Bottom,located near the Elk River.

The house that they lived in is not there anymore

 (having been replaced years ago with a new one)

  but the surrounding fields still have crops of cotton or corn growing each year and the old barn still stands!

Love,

Junie

Barn Charm~ April 17, 2012

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This is from a trip we were on a few years ago.

This barn scene was near Banner Elk, North Carolina!

~Beautiful fall scenery- although the barn is not in great detail~

 Junie

Barn Charm_"Farm Life Of The Past"

"Barn Charm"_ here!

Barn Charm-(an Alabama barn)

Alabama barn-here!

Midweek Blues~Aug 31, 2011-'Hiding'

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On a recent trip to Alabama I saw this little Ford tractor 'hiding' in this small shed!

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Have to admit it would be better protected in a bigger space!

I found this amusing so I snapped a picture.

Only later did I realize how that dark blue contrasts so nicely with the weathered boards of the shed!

Junie

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

Barn Charm~ (New photo meme for me)

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-a new meme for me!

See my entry at

*Farm Life of the Past*

Windowviews...11~4~'09

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Window Views...and doors too!
Visit *Mary* to find others!


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A while back we had the opportunity to visit an old farm place north of us here in Florida!

The object of that trip was to purchase a horse
(which we did, but regretted...another story)
but just seeing the old place was well worth the trip for me.

I had a fine time photographing scenes like this old shed.
I love the look of old things like this!

Wonder what's behind that door.....ghosts of the past-and spiders- I suspect!

Junie

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

Update:

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

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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

Sepia Scenes ~ July15, 2009 ~'The Cotton Shed'

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Thanks to Mary/the Teach for this photo MEME

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I love seeing old barns and farm buildings and everything 'country!'
I am especially fond of this little log building in north Alabama because it's part of my husbands memories as a small boy growing up there in the 30s & 40s.


This cotton shed still stands!

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Go here for a memory/story of my husband's of this cotton shed!


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Junie

Ruby Tuesday ~ May 26, 2009

It's Ruby Tuesday again!

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This time I have a few country reds for you!










































Junie

Alphabet Soup & Dan Fogelberg

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It's time for Alphabet Soup Tuesday again
and this week we will list things that begin with the letter 'B' that add joy to our lives!



Brian
~ My second grandson~


















Butterflies

Birds


















Barns

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**BEATLES**

Of course!!

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And...

one more 'B' that's very special to me ~ the BEAUTIFUL Music of Dan Fogelberg!

Love,

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?

:)


(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 ~ Post #8

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This will , finally, conclude the reunion/Alabama pictures! These will be , mainly, of interest to our family, but you're all welcome to look! :)

We gathered both Friday evening and Saturday , lunch time /afternoon! Everyone had fun catching up with each other's families.

The food was very good, with every family contributing something. Lots of good southern cooking on that serving table! I didn't get pictures of the food- but- trust me- there's nothing better than true southern dishes! :)


Here we all are:
(pics from both days)














































This is Charles with 3 0f his sisters and his brother.
(One sister was unable to be there this time.)










Here are the 2 family groups from Milton/Pensacola, Fl areas)


(Sister Lou and family)









(Sister Betty and family)











And these are the Alabama folks:

(Brother Odell and his family)










(Sister Eva and her family)










( Sister Marie's family) ~deceased~










(Brother Gene's family) ~deceased~









Charles and me!!










See you folks next August! :)





Love,
Junie