10/9/14

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
 
 
 

8 comments :

  1. What a find. My hubby always takes the dirt roads when he is out and about, and always comes home with amazing stories about what he found.

    Lovely images.

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  2. We love to stumble across old home sites from yesteryear. Wouldn't it be fun to renovate that log cabin? Hey, I even have John Deere parts here [it's the brand of tractors we use] so we could fix the tractor too! ;)

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  3. oh! that pink truck!!!!!!!!!! what a great find----and great photos!!!!!

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  4. you do find the niftiest places for some photos :) not a cloud in the sky and I adore the first quote :)

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  5. Oh wow these pictures are so amazing! I am so envious of your surroundings but also grateful that I get to see it through your eyes x

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  6. Such a find! Wow, I really love that first photo of the Deere in the grasses...really makes you think...all those who've come before...you have such an eye, Camilla, a beautiful photo essay. We are watching old episodes of Little House on the Prairie (tv show) as a family right now. My eldest daughter enjoyed these photos immensely, too.

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