Kentucky barns, part 2 -- the last part, for now

            WHY DOES THE PRINT START OUT SO SMALL!  I have to trust that once again it will look normal once I am finished pulling it together.  I love working with my photos for each post, but I sure can get irritated (as much as I ever get irritated --- which, actually, isn't much) over digital idiosyncrasies.

         Four more photos of the old barn which has been part of what I called my home place for 45 years:

 

 

        

            and now some photos of Jean's barn that Jonathan rebuilt!  He lowered the roof a full story.

taking out a floor, I believe, and using the materials to make a newer barn

Jonathan likes horses -- and cattle!

    

 

Bravo, Jonathan!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

the barn in use

 

Then these beautiful sheep - in Vermont and not in Appalachia -- share a barn before one day being dinner....

    This has been fun and I look forward to offering other gathered images. Every two weeks. It feels good to be back at it!!!

    In the meantime, don't forget to vote soon!  Of course I support progressive ideas, so I'll just say it's insulting that men --- who don't get pregnant through no fault of their own -- are sometimes not able to accept the rights of women to decide their own health care needs.  But in any case, let's all vote and support democracy for every person. And try hard to imagine ourselves in the footsteps of other persons. After all, we share a single earth.

Kentucky barns, part 1

      I'm so glad to be able to continue with my blog.  It's all so easy, for now.  

     I have wanted to gather up many of my barn photos to share.  Most of them are from my county (Elliott) or nearby counties.  I am fascinated by how even the most basic of barns can be intriguing depending on the season, the weather, its age, its use, etc.  I'll have some goats and donkeys in my next post. For now, it is mostly just the housing... and tobacco barns, rarely used anymore.

   

an older barn, laying itself down, taking a while

still standing

closer up, the Binion barn, photo made at dawn, back in the days when I did that to get a photo....

a wonderful example of an early tobacco barn, which unfortunately was damaged by the Morgan County tornado which did so much damage -- particularly in West Liberty

  

two seasons, twice decorated, a barn not in use at this time, formerly had horses and hay

what I pass on the way from town

without a shadow of doubt.... just a shadow....

I once had a very special April day, on Wendell Berry's farm, where he gave me permission to take some outdoors photos while I was there.  This land is loved and cared for.

I like these last two photos because of their blocks of light and the colors!

  I will have more barn photos on my next post in two weeks. 

 I hope everyone is staying healthy and preparing to vote for the truth tellers. We don't need cruel and heartless in our efforts to have a more functional nation. It's interesting how the Queen's passing, the reminders of the twin towers, and the piles of legal issues to be sorted through including false tales are each reaching out to us simultaneously.  Reach out and be good to your friends and family.

Thanks for stopping by.   Ann

I am finally reunited with my blog!!

        I finally discovered the setting I needed to change on the blogger website in order to prepare a new post.  So here I am!  I hope my readers enjoyed the most recent three posts --- about the Arctic Circle and Norway.  I continue to be amazed that I really went there.  My thanks again to Patty who kept me from giving up hope about ever being able to make the trip and for all the laughing we did, just like that week 50+ years ago when we met while training to be VISTA Volunteers in eastern Kentucky (me) and eastern Tennessee (Patty).

      Here we go!!!  

     I have wanted to share some favorite photos from the dozen or so years I have been doing this blog.  I may try to give the title or date of the post for each photo soon so that additional photos that go with it can be visited. If anyone wants to encourage me to do that, please let me know.  Enjoy!

mourning dove, out the kitchen window

April on the ridge, near my home

 

George Ella Lyon, after she gave a presentation at Natural Bridge State Park

George Ella and her college roommate/friend Chris, showing up to speak out in Kentucky's capital (Frankfort) about the damage done daily by MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes I have visited family in England and in France:
 

winter grazing in England

NOTRE DAME, a year before the terrible fire that was felt around the world.

my son on the Seine  (River in Paris)

                                                            Now the inside story --- for the rest of us!

                      

on Christy Creek, almost to Morehead, one spring evening, for my photo class at MSU

Christmas decorations at my nearby friend Sandy's, lovely every year

More soon in two weeks, I sure hope. This all reminds me about how I love seeing what I see with a camera.

Third Norwegian post (and the last one)

   I am so glad to be here -- I may have broken through the stub-ups in this program that currently are preventing me from the access I need in order to add still another post to my SIDEWAY VIEWS that I have been doing mostly weekly for over 12 years.

    I really wanted to share the third and last section of photos I made with my iPhone during my recent travels in beautiful Norway.  My friend Pat (or Patty) and I tried for four years to be on this ship for 10 days, and, finally, this year, we made it !!!! All these photos were taken from a train going across Norway from west to east, from Bergen to Oslo, the capital.

    

on the train, mostly with no road in sight, just the tracks.

Whew, I have enough of my photos to share on this blog, and one day I will add more words.  At the moment, I am dealing with "tiny print syndrome" on the screen where I write that makes it extremely hard to see what I'm writing.  For now, I will simply say again that the train we were on travels from Bergen to Oslo, the capital of Norway.  It is known for being a fascinating journey of about 6 hours.  So, sometime soon I will add a video from the train window.  Bon voyage!

The Norwegian adventure, part 2 (of three or four)

      The ship and me and my friend Patty and 300 other travelers were on the way at 9 p.m. and soon the obvious becomes, well, obvious. We are going to be seeing a lot of water in the next 12 days, a lot of rocks, some big enough to be islands, and yet there are signs of life everywhere.  We are headed to the most northern piece of land in all of Europe, and, since this is mid May, it will be light outside most of the time. (Luckily staterooms have some serious shades to create darkness while we sleep.) 

    The routine of ship life is pretty basic -- there is no pool, no band or dancing, no library, etc.  But there are wonderful meals, 3 a day, and many stops along the way. Fresh fish is therefore really fresh!  All the food is splendid, and very Norwegian.  (Smoked salmon every day, for one thing, if you want it!!)

    So on to the photos I made - with my cell phone because it is good with light, and there were so many wonderful light moments.  Enjoy!

An excursion stop -- colors and light - Nidaros Cathedral, started in 1070 and located in Trondheim, which was the capital of Norway,  A national shrine!

This cathedral, it turns out, was near where my Norwegian friend grew up! 

a wake.....

our ship inching in to the pier, one of several stops that day

the view from one of our two windows... and we appreciated those windows immensely, day and night. 

in the rain, which we didn't have much of -- though we had some snow flurries!  I love the colors on the houses, everywhere.

SCARY!!

getting closer to the north! We were still on an "excursion", and I happened to be sitting in the front seat of our bus... Most of the road is invisible!

on the bus with less mist -- not a heavily traveled road...  We will get back on our ship at its next stop.

   My friend Patty, in a borrowed rescue suit.

our bird watching excursion continues by boat --- Patty is somewhere inside that amazing rescue outfit. SEE THE THOUSAND BIRDS IN ROWS ON THE ROCK.  Our boat was basic, the winds were real, and I'm glad to have been there!!

This blog has done a new trick for me that I am not happy with, so I give up for now. Will resume soon in the next post!!