Pennsylvania Barn

I took this drive-by photo of an old barn in Lancaster County near Strasburg, Pennsylvania, in early October of 2011.

As often happens with drive-by shots, I liked the scene but it was a bit out of focus, so I added a few filters.

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Fountain Color

On October 30, 2011, we visited Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.  It was the day after an early snowfall, so you can glimpse remnants of the snow.  Not all the fountains were operational, but the Open Air Theatre Fountains were dancing to music. 

Moving in a little closer.....

.....and adding some ink outlines.

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Water Garden

I took these shots at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania on October 30, 2011.

I'm linking up with Tricia's Watery Wednesday II.

Lancaster Barn

When we were in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania in early October of last year I shot many drive-by barn photos.  This is one taken near Strasburg.  Lancaster County is full of many such beautiful pastoral scenes.

I liked the cows in front of the barn, and if you look closely (enlarge the photo for a better view) you can see some chickens off the the left.  

The farmyard scene seemed to cry out for a little playing.

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Lancaster Barn

Back again in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, this is another drive-by shot of a barn we saw in early October.

The shot taken just before the one above shows a lot of other buildings near the barn.  It looks like they are all part of the same farm, and the house in the photo above looks large enough to house a lot of people.  Drive-by shots sometimes provide a puzzle as to what goes with what, and you wish you had just a few more shots to answer that question.  Back home in Alaska several months after taking these shots I can only guess.  I do know for sure that we would never be able to find this barn again, even knowing it is only about five minutes away from the barn and covered bridge in last week's Barn Charm photo.

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Two For One

We found this beautiful barn in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on a back road. 

One of the things we like to do when we are traveling is search out covered bridges and Pennsylvania has a good number of them.  Most covered bridges are on the back roads and we see some lovely country that we wouldn't otherwise see.  Finding this bridge, Jackson's Mill Bridge, revealed a beautiful farm right across it.   

The bridge was built in 1878 and spans Octoraro Creek.  It was damaged by a flood in 1984 and has been rebuilt.  

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Lancaster Barnyard

Lancaster County in Pennsylvania has so many huge barn complexes.  This is one we saw last October, and again these are drive-by shots.

Another view of the barns, around to the right from the shot above.

A few cropped images....

....and a shot showing the overall barnyard through the bushes along the road.

This scene seemed to cry out for a sepia image, taking us back a bit in time.

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Somewhere in Lancaster County

In early October we saw this old barn in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania and I managed to get several shots as we drove by it.  It's not your typical Lancaster barn.

It's sitting next to a large field and it's hard to tell whether it goes with the house on the far right in the photo above, or if it goes with the newer barn on the far left in the photo below, or perhaps the house is gone entirely.

Those open doors beckon me inside to discover what treasures are stored inside.

As we drove past I had to content myself with one last view of the end of the barn.

When I processed the photos I was able to see a little bit inside. It looks like there is an old tractor, some hanging tobacco leaves, and through to the other side some missing boards near the bottom.  The end of the barn has the typical tobacco barn ventilation boards, although I think with those wide open doors and the missing boards on the back it gets enough ventilation and those vents aren't needed now.

There was also an extra little surprise high up on the gable end.

You have to wonder if it was on the barn right from the beginning or was carved out at some other time.  I'd love to know the story behind it!

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Pennsylvania Barn

This is another of the barns we saw in late October near Reading, Pennsylvania.  It sits on the corner where two roads form a Y.  The first view is the approach on the bigger road.

The next two views are coming up along the smaller farm road.

It had lovely cupolas.....

....and a couple of interesting silos.  It needs a little TLC!

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