Friday July 12, 2019
Well it was a bittersweet day. The old barn had to come down. Its foundation was beyond repair and we used its metal roofing for the big barn, so it was just a matter of time. We also took down the rickety old garage that swayed with the wind, the concrete base of the old grain silo, and we filled in the leaky old cistern in the back of the house. It was a busy day but the yard looks so much better now. Already had one neighbor, Jan Kriesmann, call and say how good it looks!
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| A "before" view of the old barn and garage in front of it. Both these came down, as well as the round concrete pad for the old metal grain silo which was long gone (destroyed by a wind storm). There isn't usually water behind the barns. This pic was taken during the Great Flood of 2019 when the Mississippi River flooded Black Walnut. Luckily, the water never got to our barns or our house, but it got close. |
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| Dan Machens, Dane Shearrer and David Shearrer (l to r) watch Dennis Machens take down the barn. |
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| Phil Shearrer and Dane Shearrer watching the barn come down. |
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| David Shearrer, Dane Shearrer, Dennis Machens and Dan Machens (l to r) trying to see if they can save the hay trolley. |
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