We had some plain boring skies in Southern California this week so I threw in a red barn to give the sky some interest. This was taken at Camarillo Ranch in Camarillo, California.
I’ll be posting more of the photos of the Ranch House later. The Bell in the photo above is one of the El Camino Real (pronounced ree-al) Bells that commemorate and mark the “El Camino Real – The King’s Highway” These markers are placed along the route and in front of each of the California Missions. The goal to place these bell markers began in 1906 and by 1913 450 bells had been placed.
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Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage and they have blacked them all out. I’m slowly working at restoring my posts without their help. Such a tiresome bother!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
This is an awesome shot! I love the red!
Like the barn. When I was a kid I used to try to get my Granddaddy to paint his barn. He thought painting a barn was unecessary. I thought his barn should be red like the one in my farm book.
Very cool barn
Red it was indeed – went well with the blue sky…
That is red.
And with a beautiful blue sky.
Wish I was there.
Come visit my golden sky
and HDR lesson,
Troy
Wonderful shots! Love the barn:)
Have a nice weekend:)
A double whammy with a barn and sky like that–two of my favorite things to photography!
Very nice barn and red is perfect against that pretty blue sky!
beautiful ranch with the little horse on the roof
Love the contrast of the Red Barn and the blue sky! So pretty!
Fantastic Barn.. and shows off the sky so well. I have become a barn mad blogger of late and always enjoy seeing and reading about them , so I’ll be back for more.
Ellen: I think the old barn and bell make for a beautiful Sky picture.
That barn lifts my spirits! How beautiful. Thanks for this.
Nice and colourful Barn Ranch.
Pop and see mine before I vanish haha.
Loks like a very very romantic and beautiful place…
Happy weekend to you, from the middle of Norway.
Good choice, Ellen, and a fabulous shot, too! Yes, the skies have been a “boring” blue or blandly grey…
So beautiful! I love the red barn:) Isn’t a little bit funny that clear blue sky can be boring?
LOL!
Petunia’s SWF
beautiful photography, congratulations
That’s a beautiful photo.I love the barn
beautiful contrast, excellent.
Fantastic and great barn!
Great colors. Clear skies can be boring? Not for us right now! Enjoy them. I enjoyed this post, thank you.
A beautiful red barn — perfect juxtaposition against that beautiful blue sky.
Wonderful contrast. I admire the weathervane proudly standing above the barn and against the sky.
Great shot.
Great colours. 🙂
Very beautiful first with marvellously colours
That’s really neat!! So colorful and beautiful.
Nice shot! Like the red barn against the blue sky!
The red looks great!
Very nice barn and great shot too!
Great catch for SWF! mine’s up too hope you can drop by…
The red and white barn against the blue sky is just beautiful!
Great shot!
Perfection!!
Perfect!Nice contrast!
Love the contrast of the rich red barn against the blue sky
I love red barns!
Beautiful photograph, I love the sky against the deep red barn. Karen
Wow, what a punch of color!
Love the composition of the image.
That red barn reminds “Louis” of barns he’s seen in the midwest and upper-midwest, in particular in Wisconsin. “Louis” likes the contrast between the red of the barn and the crystalline blue of the sky. Excellent choice for “Sky Watch”.
Red barns were just made for ‘sky-watching’! Great shot.
Nancy
I love the shade of red in the barn against the blue blue of the sky.
that is nice.. i like the blue sky behind that barn…
The RED is very striking here! Love it.
Nice barn color. bright red against a blue sky looks great!
happy swf!
Red and blue .i like it.
This is a wonderful shot! The red barn is beautiful against the light blue sky. Great color contrast.
Love it—both the bkue sky and the red barn. I have a small bell marker with El Camino Real–The Kings Highway etched on it. It belonged to my parents and must be–I don’t know how old–my mother is 92. MB
What contrast – the red and the blue. Blue is my favorite.
Blue skies are never boring … but thanks for the bright red barn!
:-Daryl
Both colors compliment each other so well ! Lovely pic !
Happy SWF 🙂
I LOVE that red barn. Beautiful photo!
It’s actually quite lovely! You just threw in a Red Barn, eh? I need a new shed, can you throw one of those in my yard? Unfinished is fine! hahaha!
How can I look at the sky with that barn to look at? My husband wants to build a barn shaped like that one. It is a beauty. Okay, okay, the sky is pretty too.
Beautiful red barn and sky.
Great idea! Nice shot and the barn is really great with the sky!
What a great idea the red offsets it so well.
Sky Watch ~ The Red Barn .Thanks for nice post.I added to my twitter.