Myers' Cabin and Barn are structures built on the refuge around 1900 that have been restored to show life at that time.
The setting was so ideal, I was wishing for a couple of porch rockers to sit down and just enjoy it.
Two story...front and back porch....not far from one of the lakes. You could open the front door and see some furnishings inside, including a very old baby quilt, but it was quite dark and had plexiglass in front of everything, so I didn't even attempt photos.
Love those rail fences!
We walked down to the barn and I didn't realize there were vultures on the roof until they began to take off! There are still two on the back corner in this photo. We saw vultures everywhere we went on this trip.....in the air, on the ground, on this barn, in the middle of the road.
I liked this little artistic touch. Inside the barn they had cardboard cutouts of the farm animals...even a barn kitty :-)
Walking back up to the house. Thinking what it was like in the "good old days" doing this every day several times a day......home waiting at the end of the path, supper on the table, dogs barking, cats mewing, kids laughing.
This was the view of the bridge at Madison, IN from our hotel room. We could sit on the balcony and watch the green below where.....
.....the vultures and geese were settling down for the night! I kept wondering if the geese worried about their babies around the vultures, but I guess as long as they were alive the vultures didn't care.
In the morning the vultures lined the edge of the river! So weird!
One of them sitting on a log. He and another one were watching the river roll by.
Later in the day we rounded a corner on a back road and there were two sitting there.
Walking down the middle of the road....not anxious to get out of our way, so I may as well take photos!
It finally lifted off and settled in the tree above. I think they had a deer carcase and were not anxious to go very far away.
Waiting for us to leave...or drop dead. Sorry about the lightness of this!
Also on the Muscatatuck refuge there was a trail leading to this old cemetery. I like old cemeteries and it wasn't a real long hike, so we took the trail.
I love wandering around old cemeteries and looking at old tombstones. This "log" type is fairly common in southern Indiana. I know we have some around Evansville. This was the Barkman Cemetery
Most of the dates went back to the 1800's but some of the tombstones were obviously newer and probably added later. I like the really old ones.
An interesting "drape" on this one.
I just liked this one.
The setting was so ideal, I was wishing for a couple of porch rockers to sit down and just enjoy it.
Two story...front and back porch....not far from one of the lakes. You could open the front door and see some furnishings inside, including a very old baby quilt, but it was quite dark and had plexiglass in front of everything, so I didn't even attempt photos.
Love those rail fences!
We walked down to the barn and I didn't realize there were vultures on the roof until they began to take off! There are still two on the back corner in this photo. We saw vultures everywhere we went on this trip.....in the air, on the ground, on this barn, in the middle of the road.
I liked this little artistic touch. Inside the barn they had cardboard cutouts of the farm animals...even a barn kitty :-)
Walking back up to the house. Thinking what it was like in the "good old days" doing this every day several times a day......home waiting at the end of the path, supper on the table, dogs barking, cats mewing, kids laughing.
This was the view of the bridge at Madison, IN from our hotel room. We could sit on the balcony and watch the green below where.....
.....the vultures and geese were settling down for the night! I kept wondering if the geese worried about their babies around the vultures, but I guess as long as they were alive the vultures didn't care.
In the morning the vultures lined the edge of the river! So weird!
One of them sitting on a log. He and another one were watching the river roll by.
Later in the day we rounded a corner on a back road and there were two sitting there.
Walking down the middle of the road....not anxious to get out of our way, so I may as well take photos!
It finally lifted off and settled in the tree above. I think they had a deer carcase and were not anxious to go very far away.
Waiting for us to leave...or drop dead. Sorry about the lightness of this!
Also on the Muscatatuck refuge there was a trail leading to this old cemetery. I like old cemeteries and it wasn't a real long hike, so we took the trail.
I love wandering around old cemeteries and looking at old tombstones. This "log" type is fairly common in southern Indiana. I know we have some around Evansville. This was the Barkman Cemetery
Most of the dates went back to the 1800's but some of the tombstones were obviously newer and probably added later. I like the really old ones.
An interesting "drape" on this one.
I just liked this one.This hike actually produced a few of my butterfly photos and some flower photos as well as the cemetery.
(NOTE: I found a nice site that shows more of the "stump" gravemarkers found in Indiana)
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12 comments:
the third from base stone, is it a salute for the buzzards.
reminds me I have wandered into a Muslim cemetery, and I have been meaning to see if I can find a Coptic one .
I too have a fascination for the dead ones head stones.
You mentioned interesting drape on the headstone. one of the reasons I have a fascination for tombs temples and headstones is the intricate carvings and the love the stonemason has put into his creation,
knowing if its not a good piece he will not get paid for his labour I do not think he thought at the time, this will be here for all time, I never was a sculptor just a stone mason and just making a stone square for a corner is a craft, most of my craft is in and around the snowdownia national park where I worked mainly in granite, that will survive the test of time.
What a lovely old log csbin. I csn feel the comfort oozing in thinking of sa rocking chair in the front porch. We hsve an old historical villsge here in Nb, thaat I hsven't vidited for s lossssn time. tere is lots of inviting csrm there. I was fascinated with the log tombstone. There is one likr thst st our locsl cemetery. Its interesting to know thst design was quiote common in otrher area. What a lot of vultures! It looks like its going to be a great day here in the northeast. Ann
There are some interesting photographic subjects here Mary. Not keen on vultures though.
Thanks for the tour through this area.I love the old cabin and barn,and of course the birds.I must say the Vultures have a unique look.The ornate tomb stones are very interesting.I like the stump one.
Blessings,Ruth
Oh, they aren;t looking for someone to move in there are they? I would put up a couple of rockers for you and even have some lemonade or iced tea ready for you visit. :)
I LOVE cemeteries - there is such peace there and the stones can be so interesting.
That fence is just wonderful - making art out of a necessity.
Lovely photos, Mary!
Interesting tombstones. I've never seen a log one before and the drape one was interesting too.
Tony: I'm sure that your work as a stone mason really gives you an eye for intricate carvings and such in stone. It must be hard work getting it right and not hitting it one too many times and messing it up. We took a lot of neat photos of Mayan temples in Mexico one year...fascinating!
Ann: Interesting to know that you have those log stones in Canada, too! I will have to take photos of some of the ones around here. I remember reading something about them once in the paper. Maybe I can find it.
Roy: I don't like Vultures either, but they were everywhere we went, so they made good photo subjects.
Ruth: Thanks...cemeteries are fascinating to wander and read the messages.
Joan: LOL! It did look cosy and the lemonade would have been very welcome!
Annie: I agree about cemeteries. Doesn't matter that you don't know the people...there is just such a lot of information and such interesting things to see and read and guess at.
Cicero: I'll have to look up some of the local log stones. I wonder what the drape signified?
Hi Mary, What a neat time you two had in and around Madison. You had a great view of the river from your motel... Lots of vulture, huh?
I too love old cemeteries... Loved seeing the stones in the cemetery you visited. Very special...
That old cabin was neat also... I too would love to sit on the porch in a rocking chair...
Great post, Mary.
Hugs,
Betsy
These are really making me wish I could get down there/over there. There is so much stuff to see in Indiana alone...I think I could spend the rest of my days and not see it all.
Love the old cabin and MY, you did see a lot of vultures!
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