I love barns especially old ones. I guess atmosphere-settings-fascinate me more than a lot of other things. But more on that later. If I was a professional photographer, barns would be one object I'd take lots of pictures of. And I love to read about them in novels!
- Did you know that older barns were built from lumber sawn from timber on a farm?
- New England, and probably old England, used stone for their barns.
- Nowadays, steel is the favorite building medium.
Lots of them have gambrels (hip roofs) to maximize the hayloft. How many children have spent a sunny afternoon inventing adventures there? How many hoboes or homeless people or even hired hands have spent their nights in one?
Here's some fun idioms:
- To go "all around Robin Hood's barn" means: to take an indirect route.
- To "lock the barn door after the horse is gone" implies that one is trying to be careful or try to make something certain or to fix a problem after it is too late.
- "Were you raised in a barn?" is an accusation used when someone exhibits poor manners such as leaving doors open.
And last here's a story about a leaning barn. Read and learn!
After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.
Two trivia Questions today!
What was the most used colors for barns, and why?
Name three rooms that were common areas in a typical barn.
Quote:
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away.
- Robert Frost, October
Happy October weekend blessings . . .
2 comments:
Very interesting post. ; )
Where you been, girl? Glad to hear from you! & tell bro I said howdy-hi!
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