Winslow’s Barn"
This barn sits a distance off the highway just south of Corinth, so it is difficult to see the details from the road. It belonged to the Winslows who always had a large lush summertime garden with vegetables in neat rows and no weeds in sight. After passing the farm more times than we could keep track of, Gino and I pulled in to ask permission to take some photos from the field. Even though Mr. Winslow is a distant relative, I didn’t know him, and wasn’t sure he would want strangers around his barn. When I knocked at the door, a friendly elderly man greeted me. I asked him if I could take a photo and he immediately said yes, and graciously added that we should feel free to walk around to get pictures of any angle. I still felt a little uneasy about poking around but didn’t want to miss the opportunity. We circled the structure, shooting from different points, admiring the beautiful lines of the different sections. But most striking was the wooden silo.
Mr. Winslow has passed away and the farm is in the hands of a new family who seems to appreciate the time and people who came before them. They are running a bed and breakfast and when they expanded the house they designed it in the same style as the original. I saw them at an art show when I had a painting of their barn. They told me they had purchased the material to shore up the leaning silo and were ready to restore it when the years caught up and it fell to the ground. It was terribly sad to loose such a beautiful reminder of days gone by. But the house still has the same spirit as before, there is a lush green garden nearby, and this classic barn is standing majestically, guarding the field, a distance from the road.
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