OLD BARN № 079

I rather like seeing the occasional barn with a couple of regular glass-paned windows, as I would imagine it would make the inside brighter and cheerier for working inside. But, admittedly, it makes it harder to determine if it's a barn or an old homestead. Of course, being able to go on the property and walk around the building would help, but that is not always an option — depending on how one is dressed that day, depending on how much time one has, depending on whether there's a farmhouse nearby where permission can be asked...

In the case of this structure, I am thinking "barn" instead of an "old house" because there is no chimney, which is necessary for warmth in the winter. The unusually-high roof on the left side probably indicates the presence of a loft, which could be a sleeping-loft if there were a chimney, so I am thinking hay-loft. Being able to see the other sides of the building would, of course, answer the question, but I am guessing there is probably a large bay-door on the opposite side.

Even if I learn at some future time that this is a homestead rather than a barn, I'm still glad that I got a shot and cataloged it in my project. Structures such as this won't last forever, even with proper upkeep. Many of the barns I have photographed over the years are no longer standing, and I think it is wonderful to have had a record of how they appeared once-upon-a-time.

In the following aerial view, the previous barn (078) can be seen on the right, and this one (079) is on the left. The white dot shows another barn (176) that will be forthcoming in a future post.

^{screenshot from BING Maps}

For those who like seeing the original photographs, here is the way the shot image started, from a rather crappy cellphone shot that day before being made prettier with some brightening, contrast enhancement, and creative processing.