Thursday, June 18, 2020
More of Rural Grey County
A few more pictures of our drive back from Grange Hollow on Saturday. Such a beautiful day to be driving those rural roads! Barns, fields, crops, cattle, wetlands and forests.
A typical old unused barn, though it's got a crop of corn planted beside it.
Black Angus cattle; we saw these in several fields.
Another typical scene, you can see what a beautiful day it was.
You often go by stretches of road where there are apparently no farms or homes, just trees and old fields. These look like replanted pine, with a big old elm up on the hill.
Another big elm on the left. Up here, if old elms are scattered far enough apart, they seem to have escaped the Dutch Elm Disease.
More hayfields freshly mown, and corn just starting out.
I've always admired this old church. Until last year it appeared to be still in use, though probably less than every week and with a visiting minister. It was recently sold and is now a residence. The camper trailer does take away from the 'old church' appearance!
It was a rare rural church that still had a large driveshed beside it, dating from the time they would shelter the horses with their buggies in it.
We saw some spectacular skies, I'll post some of those photos tomorrow. And yes, that's my disabled parking permit reflected in the window. Have a great day!
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gotta love a drive in the countryside. Main sort of entertainment for my partner and I. Loving it.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely drive. And I agree it was a perfectly wonderful day for just about any activity. :-)
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be wonderful if elms could make a comeback and repopulate the landscape? Such a magnificent tree.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice drive...love the scenes.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful country -- always something interesting to see. Since there was off-and-on rain this morning we took a ride through some nearly hills where many of the old farms on the dry infertile hillsides were abandoned years ago. Now many of them have been planted to Christmas trees and others are growing houses, mostly McMansions.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have a place in the country with a big old driving shed like that on the property. I've always liked driving sheds and old barns. The countryside with all it's shades of green right now is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI might just have to take a drive in the country this weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely drive through the country. We have that spectacular day here today.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see your countryside. A driveshed makes sense...had not heard of that term before...learn something new everyday on blogs! Thanks FG:)
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