My afternoon walk ...................

We finally had a beautiful day. I just had to get out of the house this afternoon, so I grabbed my camera and took a walk. Below are some of the old barns and buildings I encountered during my walk.





This old barn is across the side road from my house. I expect to see it tumble down any day. My neighbor's horses go inside for shelter and I fear for their safety if we have a bad storm.





This old building was our barn when I was little. I can remember going in with Dad when he milked the cow. He tried to teach me how to milk, but I never was very good at it. The cow didn't like my touch, so she would get restless. I would get scared when she started moving around. I think the only thing holding the building up is the woood stacked in the side.





This is the old chicken house at my Dad's. We used to have chickens that roosted inside at night. While I was still rather young, we stopped keeping chickens and Dad turned this into his shop. We still call it the chicken house.

An afternoon walk ..........

It has been cloudy here all day with a short rain shower late in the morning. It has been unseasonably warm though, so I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and go for a walk. I took the path on the edge of the field behind the house. This goes through several fields, then out to the road. My neighbor's horses were by the road, so I visited with them before heading back home.

If felt so good to get outside.and walk. I haven't been exercising since the days got shorter and it got colder. One of the habits I want to adopt in 2009 is to walk or exercise every day. I don't tolerate the cold very well - hands, nose, and ears get numb very quickly. So, I'm going to have to plan a way to get my exercise inside on cold days.