Barn Charm- May 14, 2012 (from Junie's Place blog)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Barn Charm_May 14,2012

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Every year we make a trip to the north Alabama where my husband grew up. I enjoy riding around the countryside and seeing many old barns that still stand. My husband has memories and connections to  a lot of them and, especially, to this one.

This barn is on the land where my husband's family lived  for several years - from the time he was a little guy until he was about age 15 - if I remember correctly!

The area was known as Mud Bottom,located near the Elk River.

The house that they lived in is not there anymore

 (having been replaced years ago with a new one)

  but the surrounding fields still have crops of cotton or corn growing each year and the old barn still stands!

Love,

Junie

Barn Charm_April 11, 2011- Another Alabama Barn

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This is  a barn in northern Alabama that was in the neighborhood where my husband grew up.  He remembers playing in this barn with friends, as a young boy! 

 This barn still stands and is still in use! It looks great. 

 We usually ride by it every visit we make up there. This pic is pretty recent...I think  it was 2 years ago!

Junie

Barn Charm~Mar 20, 2012~

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This is a charming old barn we see every time we make the trip to Alabama to visit the folks!

We usually are there in summer and the barn front is covered with Ivy...not so much in March, I noticed.

(click on pic to enlarge)

Junie

 

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We just got back from a sad trip to Alabama; a death in the family.

(Charles brother, Odell, passed away)

Picture at bottom of this post of

-L to R~ Odell-Joyce-Charles

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Although it was a sad occasion, I was so touched by the beauty of the springtime flowering trees in full bloom.

 This was taken as we were zooming down the highway north of Birmingham. Although this is a blurred picture, I love the soft pastels in this scene.

(click on pic to see better)

Love,

Junie

Barn Charm ~ (from Junie's Place)

Barn Charm_Aug 30, 2011

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I've always loved seeing old barns...well, new ones, too, but the old ones have more charm for me.  I always look for barns to capture in my camera lens on our trips to Alabama.

This is one we saw on our trip this year.

Junie

Barn Charm~April 4, 2011

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This is a new Picture meme for me but I love old barns and farm buildings so I want to share this one here.

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This is a log cotton shed that stood, and still stands, on the place where my husband lived as a young boy.  

His memories of this place date from the mid-30s. This is in north Alabama.

At the time his family lived there, all the barns and out-buildings and even the house were made of logs.

This is all that remains today of the old log buildings.

We go back every summer to see if the cotton shed is still standing...as of last August, it still was!

~Much more about this cotton shed~



Junie

Weekend Reflections~ August 13, 2010

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On a recent trip to north Alabama my husband and I were riding in the country when we came upon this pretty spot.  I noticed the cool reflections of the trees along the creek bank and of the geese swimming in the water and further down there are some cattle cooling off; a very peaceful scene!

This is the place where my husband grew up! We enjoy going back to visit each year and to experience again the beauty of the rural countryside.

Junie