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Post by doubs43 on Feb 4, 2007 16:40:36 GMT -5
"Nostalgia" is probably not the right word for this image as it's a farmer's worse nightmare...... a barn fire. Not a lot of contrast to this picture because of the heavy smoke but The fellow on the right side handling the hose makes this one IMO. Taken in April, 1966.  Walker |
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Post by herron on Feb 4, 2007 22:54:56 GMT -5
Great shot of a rather traumatic moment in someone's life.  |
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Post by doubs43 on Feb 4, 2007 23:09:50 GMT -5
Great shot of a rather traumatic moment in someone's life. Thanks Ron. The farmer in question was a very successful man who was well respected, lived to a ripe old age, never married (but was chased by many women) and died wealthy. I believe the bulk of his estate went to a favored neice. I used to haul hay and straw for him and he paid well. Still, it's never a good experience to have a barn fire and while I don't recall if any animals were lost, it was April and they were likely in the fields. I don't know if they ever determined what caused the fire. This image is smokey and gritty and I think my father did well to capture it this way. Walker |
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Post by kiev4a on Feb 5, 2007 13:45:43 GMT -5
Reminds me of a photo I've got somewhere of the smoldering remains of our chicken house. Every summer dad burned the weeds around it and every summer before he started burning mom would say "Clyde, some day you are going to burn down the chicken house." Sure enough, that year he did burn it down.
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Post by doubs43 on Feb 5, 2007 16:36:07 GMT -5
Reminds me of a photo I've got somewhere of the smoldering remains of our chicken house. Every summer dad burned the weeds around it and every summer before he started burning mom would say "Clyde, some day you are going to burn down the chicken house." Sure enough, that year he did burn it down. Wayne, I got a good chuckle from that story. My father owned a feed mill and until the early 1960's we sold a lot of chicken and hog feed to people who raised their own. My grandmother had a large chicken pen and coop and I've seen/been in many, many more. I learned that a large gander can be a fearsome opponent to be avoided if at all possible. Life has changed so much in the past 50 years. Walker |
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