Barn

Do you know how many barns there are in Michigan?

Do you know how many barns there are in the U.S.?

Do you know how many barns there are in the world?

Neither do I.

But I know they are falling down, except when people find thousands of dollars to restore them, or to build a new one, like this one.

We have a tall (40'?) barn that needs its corner, which is barely standing, to be rejuvenated. It doesn't look like this one. But I love it. It's green, not red like most (and this prairie barn in Ingham County is Marilyn Monroe lipstick red, not barn red, excuse me). We'd like to restore our barn and turn one of the lofts into a studio. Lots of light. Painting easel. Don's potter's wheel (that he's going to get; he just got an $1800 kiln for $20.)

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I know loft doors are a feature of prairie barns, for when hay is elevated up to the upper level. But this looks more like our front door. And I don't think they keep hay in this barn. What do you suppose this door is for? Tell me a story.

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(I'm planning a little barn photographing outing in the country this Saturday. Hope I don't freeze.)