Friday Fences

Next to the silo, by the barn I showed you at Barn Charm, is an old wooden fence.

As you go down the road and look back you can see an old granary and barely see a barbed wire fence corralling some horses.  The granary belongs to the barn owner, but not the horses. 

Linking to Friday's Fences 

and

 A Rural Journal

I hope you are all having a great day.  Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time.

Barb

Peonies and Salvia

My peonies really bloomed over the weekend.  I'm glad I captured them because after a hot and very windy day they are about done.

I had this old blue chair without a seat in the garage and I put my Salvia plant in it.  The wind kept blow it over in the stand I had it in.  I  like it better sitting in the chair and it didn't blow over.

I'm linking to 
Fishtail Cottage for Cottage Garden Party #4

Ivy and Elephants for What's It Wednesday

and

A Return to Loveliness 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.

Until next time

Barb

1894 Barn

   
I first saw this barn in 2009  when the lilacs were blooming.  I happened to drive by it yesterday and stopped and took a few more pictures. 

 

 I have gotten to know the owner and have found out a lot of history behind it.  It was built in 1894 by Walter Sweetman who was part of the Irish American Colonization Company.  (Let me know if you want more information on the company).  The owner is keeping it in good repair  and is using it for storage, not for farming.  He  has fantastic gardens with all kinds of interesting junk old things in them.  I will be going out several times this summer to  photograph  his gardens.  While I am there I will get pictures from the other side the barn.

For more barns of all kinds stop over at Bluff Area Daily for Barn Charm


Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great week.

Barb

Wild Phlox and Fences

Here are more pictures of the wild phlox  I showed the other day, along with a couple of fences.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Linking to Life According to Jan and Jer for  Friday Fences

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great weekend.

Until next time

Barb

 

A little garden work

Yesterday was a beautiful day...75 degrees, sunny, and no wind.  Today was 90 degrees and 35 mile an hour winds.  I'm so glad I spent yesterday outside.  Here's my little red radio flyer wagon loaded with stuff to plant my window boxes.

And here they are planted.  Looking pretty skimpy now but they will fill in.

Some of my peonies are open

Some are still buds.  This big plant is from my daughter for Mother's Day.  I don't remember the name of it.  It is supposed to attract butterflies and humming birds.  I had to take it in today because the wind was just whipping it around.

I got the Humming Bird and Oriole feeders out yesterday too.  This morning I saw 2 Orioles at the feeders and the Humming Birds have been coming all day.  I did manage to capture this one, but it's through the screen so it's not the best.

I'm linking with Tracie at Fishtail Cottage for Cottage Garden Party # 3

Stop over and see what's happening in other  gardens.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a good weekend.

Until next time,

Barb

Barn and Wild Phlox

I've shown you this barn before. 

Here it is from a different angle.

But this post is more about the wild phlox and the other out buildings near this barn.  My friend has been telling me to come out and take pictures and so this morning I did since it is such a beautiful day.

 

I will be showing more pictures of the phlox on Friday Fences.

Linking to Barn Charm at Bluff Area Daily.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week everyone.

Until next time,

Barb

Hey, where's our lunch?

 I took this picture last June of two Baby Robins sitting at the table in my back yard.  Their mama did finally come with lunch but I didn't get her picture.


If you want to see Baby Robins from the time they are eggs until they leave the nest click here.
This is really cute.  I hope you enjoy it.
 
A little update on my flooded basement.  A week after the flood  there is still a big mess.  The wet stuff  has been hauled up to the dumpster, but I have a lot more to go through and organize.  While I have the dumpster, I might as well clean out the garage too.  This is going to take forever, because apparently I have become a hoarder.  At least that's what my kids say.  They don't see the potential in all the junk.  :0)


Thanks for all your kind comments and have a great weekend everyone!  Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers.


Until next time.

Barb

Good news...bad news and a blog break

I found this picture today from 1957 while going through an old suitcase of old photos.  The reason why I was going through them is because I was trying to save them as they were  in my basement that looked almost this bad this morning.  We had 4 inches of rain yesterday and I found 4 inches in my basement this morning.

I called the plumber and he came right away.  He had to pump the water out as the drain was plugged and then he cleaned out the drain.  It took about 4 hours.  The good news is that it did not get high enough to affect my new water heater I put in last month, nor the furnace.  The bad news is I am going to have to throw out a lot of stuff.  The good news is I have been wanting to get my basement cleaned out so now I will have to do it.  The bad news is I will have to take a blogging break for awhile until I get the mess cleaned up.  The good news is maybe now I can get my basement organized to use as a craft/work room.


I'll be checking your blogs and perhaps leave a comment as time permits.

Have a good week.  I know mine will be busy.

Barb