Yesteryear

Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor.
He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead,
but Ma did not want to leave the settled country.

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

 

Sometimes you're lucky and stumble upon on something

really good-

like this beautiful log barn from yesteryear

 surrounded by gems as the old farm truck and beautiful John Deere tractor

 this was certainly a fun surprise
off a dirt road 

 in the back country
on a Sunday afternoon

 

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 A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,
And nailed if fast to his barn door,
That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing
known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.
- James Thomas Fields