barns

Barn and corn crib in Clinton county, Iowa

Picture taken in Jackson County , Iowa

Taken in Clinton county, Iowa

Our old hog house

BARNS
Living in the country all my life has made me see that every barn has a story behind it and that as the years go by more and more barns are disappearing. Barns with windmills side by side are getting harder to find but I am always on the lookout for them. Barns giving shelter for animals or grain and windmills pumping water.I have taken some of the pictures in black and white to give more of a feel of the olden days.

Maybe inside this barn there is a bunch of hay bales stored in its loft to feed the cattle tucked away in stalls on ground floor.The smells of hay and cattle fill the air as corn stalks gently move in the summer breeze just outside.

I wonder how many ears of corn have been stored in the corn crib over the years or how many calves were born in the barn or maybe some girl and boys first kiss as they looked at the stars through the cracks in the roof.

A creak of an old board as a cat chases a mouse or the squeak of the wheel as the wind turns the blades trying to pump water from the ground these are just some of the sounds I remember when I was growing up.

Time goes by and barns start to fall apart but yet the stories remain. Baby pigs were born in this old hog house and kids have climbed up on the roof to play or maybe just to get away and have some time to think by themselves.