August-September, 2020
What would a visit to the country be without seeing horses and barns? Cows are cool, goats are gorgeous, chickens are cheerful, sheep are showy, but … horses and barns are the best.
Almost every time I drove in or out of the campground here at Dungeness, I passed this one particular farm with a barn and silos that always caught my eye. There was a red tractor out in the field that seemed in need of a photo too. I often thought about stopping and getting a few photos, but the light was always wrong, the sun was always behind the barn so the photos wouldn’t be good.
But today I got up early enough, and got out the door of my little trailer soon enough, that the light was just right. Look at that barn!
And then there was the tractor. What a beauty.
I had parked the big white truck on a small side dirt road a block or so from this farm, and had walked back to get photos of the farm. I had been so focused on the barn and other buildings, and on the red tractor, that I didn’t really take in the horses. How can that be?! I love horses. My brain finally tuned in …
Of course, I had my favorite (or maybe two favorites). They were all beautiful and handsome.
As I walked back down the road to the big white truck, I noticed another barn on the opposite side of the road, and an interesting way this farm kept its hay dry. Seems the hay itself was the structure … the walls and the roof support, even the center ridge under the very top center portion of the roof was just bales of hay. And the barn … this was one big barn!
I hope everyone reading along here can get out in the country and enjoy sights like these. Go for a drive, go for a SLOW drive, pull off the road often, get out and walk, look at the plants and the trees and the animals and the birds and the sky, breathe deeply, let your shoulders relax, and remember that a whole lot of other people (like me and you) are doing exactly the same thing.