Category Archives: Barns

M and W Barns

The barns I’m sharing today are taken along the roads in Montana and Wyoming that we chose to get to and from Yellowstone National Park the end of June.

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The Speed limit on Interstate 90 in Montana gets as high as 80mph so I’m happy my photos are not blurrier.

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Thank you to Tom The Backroads Traveller for the Barn Collective. Click over to see barns from other parts of the world.

Our youngest kids are still working on moving out of this old house. They spent their first night there last night. Since their new apartment is quite small a lot of their stuff will remain here. They have the tough job of weeding through the stuff to decide what they really need for this next stage in their life and then organizing the remaining stuff so we can isolate it in one area instead of spread out around the house. Small problems in this world of woe.

Do you still have some of your married kids stuff at your house?

Chuckanut Barns

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On Friday the thirteenth of May we decided to take a drive up Interstate 5 in Washington State to Chuckanut Drive between Bow and Edison and north to Bellingham. It was a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest. I love to say Chuckanut out loud!

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Thanks to Tom for hosting The Barn Collective.

We had a nice quiet Sunday starting with our usual 8 am service at church. We heard a sermon on Integrity, thoughts on what is going on below and above the surface of our lives.

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Colossians 3: 1-2 (NASB)

After church we took a quick trip to the market for extras to add to the Chuck Roast cooking away in the slow cooker. I roasted carrots, potatoes , onion, and Poblano chilies that my husband suggested to go with the roast. It was delicious and the chilies were a nice addition.

Now we are watching a new show to us called “Alone”. A survival challenge in remote areas of Vancouver Island. Season 2 of the show is currently playing on the History Channel.

How was your weekend?

Barns Along Highway 395…

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For the Barn Collective hosted by Tom at The Backroads Traveler I’m showing the barns we saw along highway 395 from Spokane to Chewelah, Washington. We made this drive a week ago.

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We just flew home from San Antonio, Texas last night and I’m catching up around this old house. The grass needs mowing, the laundry is piled high and the grocery list is growing. I’ve got more to share from visiting our son last weekend and then I have all the things I saw in San Antonio to share, too. Today we will put the patio covers up! The sun is shining again.

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We spotted many farms with barns on our way to our son and daughter in law’s home in Eastern Washington.

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This first group are taken from I-90 going at least 70 miles per hour!

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This was my favorite that I managed to click fast enough when I saw the barn quilt on it.

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The next group I share will be from Highway 395 going north from Spokane, Washington.

Linking up to The Barn Collective hosted by Tom the Backroads Traveler.

We will be hitting these same roads heading home today. We’ve been walking and eating and doing some construction on a Chicken Coop. The trip takes up to 6 hours so if I don’t visit today to see your barns hopefully I’ll get around tomorrow morning.

Snow Geese and Barns…

When my sisters and I were in Mount Vernon, Washington to see the daffodils back in March we also were treated to a large invasion of Snow Geese. I just realized I never shared these photos and since there are some barns in the background in some of the shots I’ll link up to The Barn Collective with Tom the Backroads Traveler.

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Birds of a feather flock together.

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Here’s a closer view of a barn in Mount Vernon that we drove by on a different weekend.

We are getting some fine sunny weather in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. There are predictions of it hitting 80 tomorrow. We are tempted to put up our patio covers and get the patio furniture out. I had a good week of Zumba at the gym and I’m happy to say my muscles aren’t screaming at me anymore. On Saturday we worked in the yard and I got some new shrubs planted. Later my son and I had a fun evening watching the Seattle Sounders beat Philadelphia Union 2-1. It’s always more fun to win. Quote of the night from coach Zigi: “You can’t score your second one until you get your first one … It was a big weight off his shoulder.”

Hope you all have a good week and that your tax returns are mailed or electronically submitted!

Churches and Barns…

On Saturday we took a drive to the city of Snohomish to shop about in the antique and specialty stores before it started pouring down rain.

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We saw some barns on the way…

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And while we walked about we saw a couple of churches. I didn’t get close enough to the churches to give you details.

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Our daughter came with us on our little drive and shopping excursion and she bought a couple items and we bought one small item. We ate lunch together in the sunshine and came home in a downpour!

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I’m linking up with Tom the Backroads Traveler for The Barn Collective and with Beth and Sally for InSPIREd Sunday.

This coming week will be full with travel to San Francisco later in the week. Still taking any suggestions for restaurants and sights to see in San Francisco from any travelers out there. I got some good suggestions already but I’m always ready for more!

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A fun painting to make a building look like a barn and my last from the little town of Duvall, Washington.

Linking up with the Barn Collective with Tom at Backroads Traveler.

Here we go into the great week of Thanksgiving. I’m looking forward to our Turkey meal gathering on Thursday at the home of some friends. There will be just 50 of us…LOL! I’ll be making a smaller turkey at home with all the fixins next Sunday. Hope you see all you can be thankful for! Blessings…

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Joining Tom at Backroads Traveler with some barns and farm scenes from Duvall and Carnation in Washington State.

Thanks Tom for hosting the Barn Collective.

We had a very busy Halloween evening at this old house. We had lots of candy on hand an still ran out! Our daughter Katie handed out the candy getting many stares and comments on her make-up. She applied the make-up herself. She was a broken doll. I wish I would have taken a photo of one of the wide eyed kids standing and staring and being frozen on our walkway…

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