Barns of the Northwest! 😊
“Indian Summer”, and Silvertop headed out with the Mrs for a bit of exploring of the local countryside!☺️
So many of our local barns are starting to fall into disrepair, I wanted to capture some of these historic buildings before they slowly disappear………………..
Many of these barns were built with only hand tools, using “Old Growth” Douglas Fir beams!
It’s interesting to walk through these barns…………..
The first thing Silvertop usually does, is look for fasteners……or lack of!😮
Tightly cut post and beam construction, many with wooden pegs discreetly used for the joinery!
Craftsmanship long gone, replaced with high speed pneumatic nail guns!
Douglas Fir beams, replaced with what the locals call “Hem/ Fir”!😇
I’m not really sure how this terminology “Stuck”, but basically lumber is now stamped Spruce/Pine/Fir, and 99% of the time it’s only Spruce…………..😮
Fantastic wood for acoustic guitars, not the strongest for construction!
As they say, “Not all movement forward is progress!” 🙄
So very true!!!!
These “Old Timers” and the Old Carpenters worked hard and long hours to proudly build these beautiful historic barns!
Hopefully many will be maintained for future generations to marvel at!😊
For now, you have the opportunity to sit back and enjoy these photos…… time unfortunately continues to march on………………🙄
Till tomorrow Silvertop Mike 😊
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Modernization is taking over everywhere. Old barns will be replaced with new modern barns.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, along with the photographs.
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Glad you enjoyed the post, my friend!😊
Yeah man, nothing is forever... With technology racing forward I think it's safe to say, in the old days the quality was better.
Even with tech... When I was young I had my parents old TV on my room, it must have been over 20 years old, TV's don't last that long anymore.
Most halls here nowadays are built with steel frames, they're built in a couple of weeks, crazy!
So very true my friend!🙄
When I was a kid refrigerators would never wear out. You had to give them away now if you get 10 years out of one, you’re lucky Lol!😮😇
Nice barns, one would hope they get well maintained. That was one big pumpkin in front of the one! Was that Mt Baker in there?
Yes that is Mount Baker, and if you look at the photo and look at the top you can see a cloud that looks almost like a flying saucer.......
They call these lenticular clouds, and they contain extremely dangerous unstable winds!😳
Interesting... Don't fly through those! I heard they've been having some small earthquakes over the last month at Mt Baker, hopefully it doesn't decide to wake up!
The last time we had numerous small tremors, Baker started steaming!🙄
It is classified as an active volcano !😳
I always wondered why the roofs are such?
Yes, soon the old barns will be gone... and maybe a new barn in its place, or forever gone. Sad!
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Sad to see these barns disappearing @silversaver888 !🙄
I’m sure they are very expensive to maintain !😮
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