Be it ever so humble....

[kcm.MN]

Puzzle: https://jigex.com/WgLFV

 

[john in la]

The ultimate be it every so humble. You might even notice
some variation of the house you posted last time.
Poke here

 

[kcm.MN]

The phone number is from Mesick, Michigan. 231-885-1708

 

[Geo-TH,In]

It's sad to see neglected old barns, houses and old tractors
rust away.
At one time, that barn was a man's dream of making a living.
Most likely the man is dead and his dreams are dying too.
Thanks for all your pics.
Your pics are a reminder we truly live in a throw away world.

 

[Tgrasher]

And to think of all the work it took to build only to be wasted to the elements. My maternal grandfather was a carpenter who built houses and barns which I watched deteriorate from neglect as the years passed. I'm away from that area now and don't have to view it.

 

[Steve@Advance]

Nice!

What's with the stairway on the porch? Don't see that around here.

 

[john in la]

Saves space in the house.

 

[john in la]

Take the animals out the equation and a barn becomes useless. A modern metal building is much more practical. Those that foolishly try to save old barns find out the hard way a little extra wind gust or snow load makes them fold over because the post are rotten below the ground or the added lean too is just to much surface area for the post to support. Sometimes its a little of both.

Same with houses. Takes a lot to bring a hundred year old house up to modern standards and energy efficient.

 

[cdmn]

I don't know my french so well, but it may have been the entrance for the hired hand or the boys.

 

[cdmn]

I really enjoyed that video of old houses. Things were not so different when I was a kid
on the old lonesome prairies a couple thousand miles north of Louisianna. Maybe more log
walls and more heating wood. But not on pilings. In fact, in winters, banked up with straw
and maybe some manure to keep cold from getting under the floors.. Homes were not built to
impress the neighbors or your wife's parents. Sometimes the old homestead shack became the
mother-in-law house, and the newly-weds built something newer.

The sign on the wall in school forbidding the use of the French language reminded
me of what my folks talked about, except it was Norwegian. However, in Canada, French is
mandatory in the upper grades.

 

[john in la]

French is now ok and even taught in school. But when I was a kid if they caught you talking French on the school playground you just earned a trip to the principals office.

 

[john in la]

Garconniere is a English word. I looked it up and it means bachelor apartment

 

[SweetFeet]

Had to punch the time clock early
today... so just joining the party.

What a beautiful yet haunting phot.

Thank you for posting these kcm.

 

[Royse]

"Those that foolishly try to save old barns find out the hard way a little extra wind gust or snow load makes them fold over because the post are rotten below the ground or the added lean too is just to much surface area for the post to support."

John, I think this varies by construction method and other variables.
My dad had a nice barn, 40 x 120 if I remember correctly, with a metal roof.
While I was gone in the service, the roof was storm damaged and leaking
but his health had declined so he couldn't repair it.
He couldn't afford to have it repaired by a professional either.
Fast forward 15 years or so and he had to pay an excavation company to
bring in a Hydra-hoe to tear it down, dig up and then bury the cement foundation.
They put the wood in that same hole and burned it before covering it up.
There were no poles in the ground or wood touching the ground to rot.
Fixing the roof would have been cheaper, but life happens.