• Barns,  Journey's

    Sunshine Dairy Barn, Middletown CT

    Absolutely beautiful farm belonging to the Sunshine Dairy Farm in Middletown CT.  I’m not sure if this farm is currently in use but, to the best of my knowledge, they had a rich history providing diary products to the Middletown area for many, many years. Photographed with Nikon D7100, Nikon 18-55, 3.5 – 5.6 @ 24mm 1/200th, f10, ISO 200, Aperture priority

  • Barns,  Journey's

    Nicely maintained barn in Middleton CT

    Looks like the owner of this attractive barn on the corner of Country Club Rd. and Bell St. in Middletown CT has kept up with the wood exterior nicely.  It seems to have a nice even coat of stain and is aging nicely. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 and a Nikon 18-55, 3.5 – 5.6 @ 26 mm. 1/320th, f8, ISO 200, Aperture Priority

  • Barns,  Journey's

    Horse farm barn in Middletown CT

    I don’t typically see this large gambrel style barn on horse farms so it was nice to come upon it.  This style is more typical of cow farms. I think it is a beautifully built barn and I particularly like it’s grand front entrance.  The sign on the front wall says “Old Farms Riding Club Middletown CT”. There wasn’t much activity the day I was there but this horse riding club appears to be active.  A residential neighborhood has cropped up around it but, I’m sure, at one time this was all rural land. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 and Nikon 18-55, 3.5 – 5.6 @ 26mm. 1/600th, f8, ISO…

  • Barns,  Journey's,  Wildlife

    A deer passes through in Madison

    The only other time I photographed this barn was in the winter where the tree next to it was barren.  I was rushed and shot it out of the window of my car and I momentarily pulled off to the side of the road.  I was not pleased with the results and have been wanting to come back ever since. This was taken on Rt. 79.  Folks that travel from Durham or Wallingford down to Madison pass this gorgeous barn all the time.  They also know that this is a very busy, hi speed road, and the barn is situated on a curve in the road.  This time I decided…

  • Barns,  Journey's

    Technology comes to an old barn

    Cheryl and I were barn chasing in East Hampton CT and photographed this  barn which was topped with a solar panel on Hurd Park Rd. I’ve photographed a lot of barns and this is the first one I’ve seen with a solar panel.  I like the old tractor they had situated on the property. Photographed with a Sony Nex 7, 24 MP, mirrorless camera and a Sony 55-210 @ 100 mm. 1/250th, f11, ISO 400, Aperture priority

  • Barns,  Journey's

    The old Greenbacker Dairy barn?

    This is a very attractive old barn whose silo’s peek out of the top right corner on Murdock Ave., in Meriden CT.  Across the street sits a building that once housed the Greenbacker farm dairy store.  As a kid in the 1960’s my parents would bring me here for delicious ice cream.  It was always a treat to visit the diary store from Wallingford…..good memories! This barn is situated directly across the street.  The diary farm store is no longer in existence but the building still stands and has another business in it.  I don’t know who currently owns this barn/farm but I suspect that it belonged to the Greenbackers…