Barn Charm #22

On our drive back from Dayton, Ohio

when we got on Route 40 to photograph barns,

these were our first two close-ups.

We drove down a side road to get closer shots of them.

They were almost back to back.

We turned around and drove back toward the main highway;

it is from that direction that the shots were taken.

I did not see any evidence of animals or crops with either barn.

This one is obviously being maintained;

there is a 'pride in ownership' feeling about it.

I would be proud too if this belonged to me.

This one has seen better days and looks like it's being used for storage

and possibly as a makeshift garage.

There was a car on either side of it.

You can catch a glimpse of the farm house in the background on the left.

It was not a huge house, but it had some pretty detail around its porch.

Both barns were fairly close to the country road although not right on it like so many I see.

I noticed that about this part of Ohio--the barns were not so close to the roads.

I'm not sure why--perhaps the lay of the land factors in somehow.

I hope you have been enjoying the holidays.

Being a school teacher, I am on break.

I am taking my daughter and her husband and their two little ones

to the airport in Columbus tomorrow.

They are heading back to Texas.

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