• Bountiful Boxes

    Bountiful Boxes

    Up in the attic we found a TON of boxes!  Piles and piles of white gift boxes, the kind the department stores hand out at the holidays, were covering the floor.  Not wanting to throw out forgotten gifts or hand written letters, we opened and looked in each one.  It was close to hoarding.  Some… Read more

  • What is a Bank Barn?

    What is a Bank Barn?

    The large red barn on our property is a bank barn.  A bank barn isn’t a barn that holds your entire bank; it has nothing to do with money or your earnings. The history of barns in the United States is directly related to the time period and the needs of the farmers.  The early English… Read more

  • Growing Weary

    Growing Weary

    Long ago, a guy named Paul wrote these words, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” I’m sure Paul wasn’t restoring an old dairy farm, but he knew what he was talking about…because I am growing weary.  Tired.  Feeling at times defeated… Read more

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    One rainy day, we broke the lock on the attic door.  We knew that the renters hadn’t had access to the attic, but beyond that we weren’t sure when the last time the door had been opened.  In my opinion the attic held the most promise of treasure. ( video inserted here) Did you see… Read more

  • What is a Barn?

    What is a Barn?

    Over the past few months, I have been researching barns.  The process of preserving the barns at Evergreen Bend has me digging around online and looking for any information about old barns that I can find.  At one point I found this amazing quote in a blog about barn restoration. “In his book,  An Age of… Read more

  • Why Are Barns Red?

    Why Are Barns Red?

      Last night, I started reading the book The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. Did you know it may become a movie one day?  Read the book now. . . I believe it’s always better than Hollywood’s version!  Often, I don’t know the book’s plot details before I begin the first chapter, and this… Read more