Having always lived in the Western part of North America, (first California and now Alberta) what I think is old is not really
old. When we go back east, I get to feed my history obsession and really visit old. (what would I do in Europe?)
Right now we are at
Kerales Farm. An OLD farm built in the early 1700's (for my Canadian friends, that was when the US was still part of Mother England).
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I was impressed by my 100 year old barn until I saw this one.
The original parts of the barn are about 300 years old!
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How many farmers have touched those stones in three centuries?
In addition to history, the farm also has my favorite kind of sheep!
Scottish Blackface!
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I don't think the animals here are as impressed by it's age as I am. The chickens are just grateful that the barn is warm and dry in the winter and cool in the summer.
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And has lots of cubby holes to hide eggs in.
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Hmmm. That's alot of kids.
Perhaps she shouldn't have found such a good hiding spot.
2 comments:
I, too, love the "oldness" of back east. Dreaming of what might have been....love this post.
Neat! We really need to get some SBs. Such beautiful sheep.
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