Yesterday I was planning on going out on a whirlwind tour of the thumb to see what I could find. The steering on my old Jeep was a little shaky, so I stopped by my friends shop, after a ride up on the hoist, I found out it needs a little work, well actually a lot of work. I guess the Michigan back roads are a little rough on the old jeep, so I have to delay my trip for a little while. Since I am stuck at home for a few days why not put calendars on sale.

Now is a great time to get a calendar and help me out with expenses, and if you own a car, you know what I mean by expenses. I hope you will take a look at my calendars HERE

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I saw this old barn living near Standish amongst the wildflowers. Looking at the ladder running up the side of the silo I can’t imagine having to climb it.

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Roaming around Ypsilanti, I came across this old grain elevator, and had to stop and take a pic of it. I find that in many small towns, the grain elevator is the center of town, but in some of the larger cities the grain elevators are not so important, but I am sure at one time many farmers would “head into town” to the elevator. Being a city kid, I don’t know much about the elevators, but I know they are usually the tallest structures in most cities, if they still have one.

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Another old barn I found on my travels thru the state, and this one was near Lupton. Like most of the other barns I have photographed, I know nothing about it’s history, other than at one time it was the pride of the family that built it to shelter their horses, or tractors, or whatever you put in a barn. I have been a city kid all my life, and I am not an expert on farming, other than without them I would not have much to eat.

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I saw this little barn in the town of Rosebush, a few miles north of Mount Pleasant, and like so many other barns in the area, it has a round or arched roof. After searching google, I found some info about the round roofs at the National Trust For Historic Preservation.  The Round roof gained popularity in the 1920’s after WWI as it was found to have more room for storing hay and other items in the loft of the barn. The roof configuration is sometimes called Gothic, Gothic-Roof, Arched-Roof, or Rainbow-Roof.  After World War II barns with no sides were built with just an arched roof like a Quonset Hut.

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I saw this old barn near what was once the town of Podunk north of Gladwin. It’s been a while since I posted a barn pic, I love old barns, even though I grew up in the city. I guess maybe it’s because I think the farmer’s friends and neighbors from the community got together to build it, I wonder if they called it “crowd-sourcing” back then.

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