Red barn

Louisa County, Virginia

Green barn

Louisa County, Virginia 

A creek runs under it . . .

Linden, Virginia 

Side of a barn

Linden, Virginia 

While I was chasing Norfolk & Western 611 earlier this month, I had time to take some pictures while I waited for the train. In Linden, this building stood adjacent to the tracks and may have at one time had a connection to the railroad.  There was once a siding here, and the street is called Station Lane. Needless to say, trains no longer stop in Linden.

Barn - White House Farm

Page County, Virginia 

Two barns, gray house

Warren County, Virginia 

Barn in the mountains

Warren County, Virginia 

This barn is just on the outskirts of Browntown, at the beginning of what is known as the Gooney Manor Loop. This week join me as I drive along this dirt road into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The history of this area goes back to the American Colonial period.

Blue Ridge

Rockingham County, Virginia 

Winter barn

Warren County, Virginia 

Small red barn

Haymarket, Virginia 

Southern barn

Lincoln County, Mississippi 

January snow

Greene County, Virginia 

Two more pictures from my walk in the snow Monday.

Canada geese gather at the catch pond below the dam where the water is kept open by the constant flow from the dam's standpipe. The main body of the lake is frozen over.

Overgrown barn

Timberville, Virginia

In early December I took the camper over to the Shenandoah Valley for a couple of days. One of the days I spent at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, which I suppose is technically not in the Shenandoah Valley although the the town is on the Shenandoah River. The next day was all cloudless skies and harsh winter sunlight—not a good day for photography. But I went out anyway with the idea of scouting  locations that I could come back to later. By the time I got to Timberville, some clouds had rolled in and the skies had darkened and I was able to take some pictures.

This old barn is right in town, behind a house that faces the main street. One of the things that intrigues me about small towns in rural areas is the way the farmland comes right up to the town's back doors. The barn has seen better days though, and appears to be unused and neglected.

Barn door

Frederick County, Virginia 

Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. Have a safe weekend and thanks for reading Photography In Place.

White barn

Greene County, Virginia 

As I drove around the county last week, I was struck by the fact that in spite of all the rapid and sometimes overwhelming changes that go on in our world, there are still places that change has mostly by-passed, leaving behind July-green trees, the solid blue mountains and an old white barn.

Red barn

Lancaster County, Virginia 

Just after sunset . . .

Lancaster County, Virginia 

More red barn

Frederick County, Virginia

This is the same barn as in yesterday's post, viewed from the road that leads to Belle Grove Plantation.

Across the road . . .

Frederick County, Virginia 

Across the road from the plantation house, this small barn was no doubt part of the original plantation but I don't know if it is still part of Belle Grove now. It appears to be in use.

Bank barn

Frederick County, Virginia 

Farming continued at Belle Grove Plantation until 1990. This bank barn dates from 1918 and is typical of northern Shenandoah Valley farm architecture which is influenced by Pennsylvania German styles. Bank barns are often built into the side of a hill to allow access to both the lower bay and the loft from ground level.