Thursday, May 24, 2012

Photo-Finish Friday -- Prairie Servant


We saw this old barn south of Livelong, Saskatchewan last weekend.
It had such character that I had to stop and take its photo.
The barn, servant of a prairie farm, sat on a green hill by a road left to weather the wind and storms and to take in what sun it could get.
Whatever it did, however long it was a working entity, is long lost to the dust. Today it takes the rest it earned during its working life as it slowly surrenders to the soil.

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20 comments:

the Bag Lady said...

It always makes me sad to see a barn in decline. To me, it signifies a lost way of life.
Makes me want to rescue it.
Yeah, I know. Weird.

Red said...

The shapes which occur in the disintegration of these old barns can become pretty interesting.

Leah J. Utas said...

Bag Lady, it saddens me, too. I always wonder why it was abandoned.

Red, they sure can. It's interesting to watch, sad though it be.

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messymimi said...

What stories must be wrapped up in it, secrets that will go to the dust with it.

Leah J. Utas said...

I know it has some fine stories of struggle and triumph, Messmymimi. I wish it could tell me.

Reb said...

Wow! Did you say "a hill"? ...in Saskatchewan? :)

Lovely old barn, you have captured it's decline well. And like sis, I want to rescue it.

Ron Scheer said...

I snapped a number of photos like this when I was driving around Montana a couple years ago. As a farm boy, I see these old structures as haunting signs of neglect. Cities, too, are full of grand old houses like this going to wrack and ruin because the folks who built them have moved on.

Leah J. Utas said...

Becky, you are bad. Thanks.

Ron, it makes me wonder what happened to the family and why they had to leave.

Laurita said...

I love that photo. You have a good eye.

Barbara Martin said...

Leah, a truly wonderful photo of an old barn. The ends always remind me of a face looking back, wrinkled but thoughtful of times gone by.

solarity said...

It was a beauty in its day, wasn't it? (I almost said "she" like a ship.)

Mary Anne in Kentucky

Leah J. Utas said...

I'm sure she was, Mary Anne.

Hilary said...

Wow.. that's a magnificent looking barn even in its decline. And your poetic description honours it beautifully. I like your new avatar and header image.

Leah J. Utas said...

Thanks, Hilary.

TexWisGirl said...

that is a gorgeous old thing. wonderful homage to it. congrats on your POTW!

Tabor said...

Well deserved POTW...great capture.

Out on the prairie said...

Still holding on, but a bit doomed

Jenny Woolf said...

Amazing barn, one of the most interseting loking I have seen. It has quite a personality.

Leah J. Utas said...

TexWisGirl, thank you for your kind words.

Thank you, Tabor.

Aye, Out on the Prairie.

Jenny Woolf, it sure does. I was tickled to find it.