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| Dorinda |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 12:06:58 PM
So the old barn has finally seen its better days. My mother in law whom is 86 yrs. old was out of town a couple of weeks ago. We took a couple of drive bys just to check on things for her and this is what we found.
My husband was sad to see the old barn go for it holds many memories of his dad who built this barn back in the 1950's. So now the clean up of the old barn begins and with it all the memories.
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
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| MtnGrlByTheBay |
Posted - Aug 29 2012 : 07:41:56 AM
Oh the wonderful things you can do with barn wood, and it's so good at preserving memories!
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 3:16:15 PM
Gosh, that's sad. :( I remember a poem my mom wrote when she watched her grandpa's barn being torn down - it is so sad, all the memories that you have and the loss of the actual structure. It's like a piece of you is gone. If I can find that poem mom wrote, I will post it here.
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| kysheeplady |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 3:40:21 PM
A fallen in barn is a sad sight to see ... to bad they weren't maintained through the years.
Teri
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 3:16:21 PM
Your husband will always have his memories of the old barn. It's sad any way.
Marly
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 1:53:44 PM
Oh my! I can see that it would be sad. We had to clean up a LOT of stuff - machinery, buildings, equipment . . . well, I can't begin to tell you. When my dad passed away several years ago (my mother was already gone to her heavenly home0 we had over 50 years of clean up to do on a 240 acre farm. It was monumental!
Anyway, I claimed a number of things, including an old corn planter (the kind pulled by horses), dozens of old wooden apple boxes, this and that and more this 'n' that. I purposely removed hinges and latches from two old buildings that were going to come down. I treasure those bits and pieces of our family farm.
Anyway, I wish you the best as you tackle this . . . and think of the memories!
CJ
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| rphelps4 |
Posted - Aug 21 2012 : 12:57:44 PM
Maybe you can recycle the wood and build something out of it, so it will never be forgotten. Roxanna |
