Saturdays are great days to grab Toulouse,
and a camera,
and go
on adventures!
Today we are "barn again"
and on a barn explore!
Actually, the history of BARNS
is quite interesting.
I thought that barns
were just used for storage, or store houses for animals or equipment.
They are really much more!
I did read that they
also served as places of business,
and farm factories,
and barn floors were
great places to thresh hay and grains.
Hay and feed were stored in the lofts
and animals in stalls.
A "barn raising" was a community activity - the barn was the heart of the farm,
and a place
for
dances, playing, prayers
and courting.
Who knew?
San Luis Obispo has bragging rights to
one of only a few octagonal barns
in the country.
It was built in 1900
by Portuguese immigrants.
They are sprucing it up as we speak
to be used for fun events and
educational stuff in the future.
Read about it here!
You can ride your bike by the barn, as it is at the beginning of the Bob Jones Bike Trail,
or if you are a runner,
you can run by it on the City to Sea Half Marathon
(soon to be a full marathon, I hear)
or you can drive by the barn.
"Nestled against the Ir
i
s
h Hills at the southeast end of Los Osos Valley, today the historic Froom Ranch sits all but obscured behind the bulk of a big box store. The oldest, now derelict ranch buildings date from the early 20th century. The milking barn the only round-end barn in the county originally stood on the eastern end of the ranch, and was later moved to its present location. The larger residence, woodshed, wash room, storeroom, and bunkhouse joined the ranch complex in 1915. Picturesque in setting and appearance, until recently the Froom Ranch has been a popular subject for local landscape artists. Originally swampy Los Osos Valley had been drained early and developed by family farmers and ranchers into prime grazing and row-crop land. Canadian immigrant John Froom came to the valley in the 1880s. He first worked this ranch as a hired hand, leased it in 1890, acquired ownership through marriage in 1904, and ran cattle on its 500 acres until his death in 1929. His son Bill continued the family tradition until his retirement; the new owner, Alex Madonna, agreed to postpone property development until Froom had lived out his natural life on his ancestral turf. The future of the Froom Ranch is uncertain. It stands today as an artifact of changing times and shifting land use priorities, a symbol of progress and of loss."
I think Froom Ranch and it's barn
are really pretty and rustic
and a great place to
take pictures
(Petit's former manager, Cole, and
her fiance, Steve,
took their engagement pictures
around the Froom Ranch and barn
..the pictures were
B E A U T I F U L !
On the road again from
Los Osos Valley Rd. and on to Foothill
you can see this
delightful
pink barn.
Don't know what it's called, but it is kinda pretty.
You can see it when you
hike around
..the barn is towards the west.
I wonder why they painted it pink?
If I find out
I will tell you later!
The late Alex Madonna, of Madonna Inn fame, I believe
built this double barn.
That's kind of cool
two barns must be better than
one barn.
and below is the barn at one of the few remaining
RANCHOS
in California.
Here's a bit of the scoop on
occupants had when the sun
shined behind that window
....
This is another barn at Santa Margarita
Maybe it was a
dairy barn,
and the silo housed food for the
cows.....
And a special addition to this
day of being
"barn again"
......
is at the entrance
to the Rancho.
Travel on, and you, too
can be "barn again"!
