This barn sits near the old townsite of Warnerville, just east of Oakdale Ca. Adobe foundation, scrub oak timbers and constructed with square nails and spikes.
We've got a lot of those around the Panhandle. Poppy calls them "love shacks" or "honeymoon cottages". And Mom aways whacks him on the arm. 50 years and counting....
What MissK said. Call me wierd but I even like the smell of old buildings like those in the picture. Not all old buildings, just the ones out in the country. Seems there is always a breeze blowing through the gaps in the weather beaten siding.......you can almost ...hear...it's past.
I always imagine who had been there before me. If there's an old tool or piece of machinery I think back to the people that handled it, wondering what their lives were like.
Chills Stinkwilly :-) and yes Wirecutter, I do that too. And there's just something special about using found lumber vs new lumber, or whatever else, for certain things, I find it has that feeling of "previous life, Vécu" that makes a project so much more interesting.
Love old buildings, so fun to explore. The energy inside and around them is always so gripping.
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We've got a lot of those around the Panhandle. Poppy calls them "love shacks" or "honeymoon cottages". And Mom aways whacks him on the arm. 50 years and counting....
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ReplyDeleteI even like the smell of old buildings like those in the picture.
Not all old buildings, just the ones out in the country. Seems there is always a breeze blowing through the gaps in the weather beaten siding.......you can almost ...hear...it's past.
I always imagine who had been there before me. If there's an old tool or piece of machinery I think back to the people that handled it, wondering what their lives were like.
ReplyDeleteChills Stinkwilly :-) and yes Wirecutter, I do that too. And there's just something special about using found lumber vs new lumber, or whatever else, for certain things, I find it has that feeling of "previous life, Vécu" that makes a project so much more interesting.
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