Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

He is the first colorful bird I've seen around the house in a couple of months.  No Cardinals, Blue Jays, Blue Birds, Finches of any kind have been seen.  We wonder if the drought in our area has them living elsewhere.

Happy New Year everyone!

Tennessee Farm

Sharing with

Tom for The Barn Collective
and
TexWisGirl for Good Fences

Hungry

My first photo taken this year.  And it's with the iPhone.  But I just had to turn around and get this.  Too bad that fence post is right in the center.  Seems there is always a car behind me and I rush.

The Barn Collective #29

Extreme southern middle Tennessee, U. S. A.
January 2014

The Barn Collective #27

This is one of my favorite barns from a few years ago.  One day the pretty rusty roof had been painted or replaced.

We have been home from the hospital for a few days now.  My husband had a partial hip replacement due to the cancer going there.  The hip surgery went as expected, but there were lung  complications and we ended up staying a week longer than expected.  He is better now.

Thanks everyone, for the well wishes.

The Barn Collective #24

These were taken from I-65 in Franklin, Tennessee, hence, the blurriness.  Beautiful farms are everywhere in middle Tennessee.  And yes, this one has Buffalo (or Bison, are they the same?)  The Buffalo are in front of two large mansions on rolling hills.  I have never found out for certain if they belong to famous country music stars or actresses, but it has been said . . . . 

Pioneering

A friend and I went to a photography event a few weeks ago.  The field trip we went on was to an abandoned site of a pioneer village type attraction.  I got a few interesting shots.  There were several items that didn't quite fit into the classic pioneer time frame.  I suppose it depends on what you are pioneering.

That front piece of stereo equipment was Quasar, not even Pioneer.

Sharing with Madge @ The View From Right Here

The Barn Collective #22

This was taken in January 2011 when north Alabama had a foot of snow.  I think we measured 9 inches at our place.  The barn belongs to my mother, but is adjacent to our property.  That is my hubby on the tractor.  I rarely use artsy treatments now and could not tell you what I did to this shot.

We have had a snow and/or ice storm each of the last three weeks here, but I only got a couple of iPhone shots just for the record.  The past week's winter storm was all ice and sleet and stayed around for longer than one day.  I like a snow or two every winter, but three in a row is too much.  I don't see how you folks up north stand it for months at a time.

We are supposed to be in the upper sixties next week with rain.  I hate to complain, but that's getting kinda warm for me.  We go from one extreme to another.

The Barn Collective #20

Another barn of a friend's family.
I was trying to capture three buzzards circling around.  Two of them were uncooperative and flew out of my view.

Share your barns this week!

The Barn Collective #18

Lucky me.  I get to see this each time I pull in my drive.
The neighboring barn with vintage yellow truck.
This was taken February 2013.

Windsor Ruins, Port Gibson / Alcorn, Mississippi, U. S. A.

Windsor Ruins, near Port Gibson / Alcorn, Mississippi, U. S. A.

What an awesome experience to stand next to these huge pillars and imagine what it must have been like to live in a home such as this.  The home survived the Civil War by being occupied by the Union Army, just to burn down in 1890 from a carelessly thrown cigarette.

The sky was disappointing the day we were there, but the websites below have some better shots.

www.natcheztracetravel.com

National Park Service

Wikipedia (may not be complete/accurate)

Sharing with Rubbish Tuesday

The Barn Collective #16

Somewhere in Tennessee last winter.

River.Rail.Rust.Rubbish

Old railroad bridge over Elk River, near Prospect, Giles County, Tennessee, U. S. A.

Sharing with Rubbish Tuesday

The Barn Collective #14

Patches

The Barn Collective #12

Near Port Gibson, Mississippi, U. S. A.

With the cooling tower mist from the

Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Generating Station in the background.

The Barn Collective #11

A barn from last winter near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Schedule for the Christmas Holidays:

The link up with not take place the week of Christmas, December 21,

but will return the following week, December 28.

Yard art

Bottle trees at the entrance of a farm somewhere in Giles County, Tennessee.

Sharing with Good Fences @ The Run*A*Round Ranch
and Our World

The Barn Collective

Taking a poll here . . . who would be interested in participating in another barn link up?
If there is enough interest indicated by comments on this post, I will do a trial run maybe next Monday-Tuesday.  I do not want to commit to a regularly scheduled one until I see what the time obligations will be for me.
So, no promises for an ongoing meme, but let's do one round!

Thanks,
Amy

Shakes

Somewhere in extreme southern middle Tennessee.

I had to include one with the sweet little dog who enjoyed our visit and wanted to have his picture taken in front of his building.

Sharing with Rubbish by Roan

Yellow

Rogersville, Lauderdale, Alabama, U. S. A.