Old Photo's And Barn Charm Tuesday

This is a picture of our old barn.

Some of you will remember the

post I did on this a while back.

It needed a lot of work

but we were up to the task 

and planned to restore it

by putting on a new roof 

and removing the metal siding

to reveal the beautiful old barn red

wood siding.

It had Dutch doors on both ends

and in the middle was a door going into

a large room that was open

all the way to the ceiling.

There were two perches

up there for barn owls.

The second time we went to 

look at the farm before we bought it

I watched 

hubby walked into that middle

door and a few

seconds later I saw a huge old

barn owl fly out that same door.

Hubby is deaf and so didn't hear

the owl or see it! 

Above is a big old raccoon 

hiding on one of the perches.

He looks small but believe me

he was HUGE.

I think he was looking forward

to a chicken dinner that evening.

Here's a few of the old barn details.

I loved this old building and working

on this post made me a little sad

as we lost this old beauty 

to fire 

in 2010.

Hubby was burning a brush pile 

on the other side of a huge metal building

that we removed the following year.

It was a hot day with a light breeze

and we figure a spark must have

drifted over the metal building

and landed on the barns old wooden

shingle roof.

The fire department got it out 

before we lost the building but

there must have been a 'hot spot' 

that both the fire department and 

hubby and I

missed as two days later a wind

set it up in flames again.

This time the fire was too 

fast for us and all 

the fire department could do

was to keep it from catching our old

chicken coop on fire and the old lean-to.

Thank heavens no animals were lost

and no people were hurt.

I felt bad for the fire fighters as 

it was the hottest day so far that summer.

I really miss that old barn.

Now there is a big open space where

the old barn once sat 

on it's old stone foundation and

our garden sits on the backside of this

fence.

Somehow the old farm lost some of 

it charm the day we lost the barn.

It's never felt quite the same.

I'm joining up with Tricia over at 

BLUFF AREA DAILY

for

I hope you'll pop on over and check

out all the other beautiful old barns :)