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Feels Like Summer - May 10, 2011
We are into May already but the weather has been pretty cool until today when it was close to 80 degrees. Field work just
got underway after a cold and wet April. Just pray that we don't get all the storms and tornadoes that have been plaguing
the southern areas of the country. It is good to see green grass, buds on the trees and tulips blooming. Even dandelions look
good after the long winter we had!! My Barns of Sibley County books have been reviewed by
Audrey Kletsher Helbling in the Spring issue of the magazine Minnesota Moments. She gave the books a good review so if you get a chance pick up one of the magzines. There are lots of stories,
articles and photos in this neat little magazine, too. I found them at Barnes & Noble. Audrey has a blog site that is
really amazing named Minnesota Prairie Roots that is always a fun read. Check it out also. Well, I do hope you have a wonderful summer and that your crops are bin
busters!!
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Photographing barns doesn't take too much talent or skill. If you can point a camera then you can certainly capture
an imposing barn with all its detail and beauty for others to enjoy seeing. The farther we get away from our rural roots as
a people, it seems the more that we enjoy the nostalgia of the old barns and what they meant to the farmers who built them.
On this site, I'm going to talk a little about my own skills, such as they are, at photographing barns and other
rural scenes. I will try to give a bit of history on the subject itself, as well as some background on some of the barns
that I have a little information about. I might also include some tips or techniques used or how I was lucky enough to get
the shot that I did get. And, of course, I'll include lots of pictures of the results of my photo journey throughout
the County of Sibley in the great State of Minnesota!
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| Latest issue of Minnesota Moments magazine. |
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| Sibley County is located in the south central area of Minnesota. |
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| Sibley County is located in the south central part of the state of Minnesota. |
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| St. John's in Faxon with a beautiful sunset. |
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| Shorthorn cattle resting beneath some shade trees on a Faxon farm. |
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| Mount Rushmore with Michael and Alex over the 4th of July weekend. |
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| Downtown Henderson barn. Just found this one!! |
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| A new Faxon Township book showing the front cover. |
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| Barns of Sibley County book. |
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| A barn in Faxon that will be soon torn down. |
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