Barn Bonanza
It comes as no surprise that at times the best things come quite by accident.
I certainly didn’t intend to go treasure hunting.
Nope, it wasn’t penned in my diary for that day.
Surely what I was wearing would attest to that.
New white Clarks shoes, white shirt…
Recent holidays found us traveling to Midwest America.
A quick visit to the inlaws.
They’re a farming family.
And farming families usually have barns.
This family is no different.
Barns are fascinating places, I think.
Interesting bits hanging and hiding.
Sometimes forgotten, waiting to be found.
An old barrel covered with dirt and straw.
Holding a trove of books.
Plunging in with little regard for shoes and shirt.
A dust and a wipe reveal old novels.
Great food for Voracious-Reader-Daughter-Kate.
Hang on, what’s this?
I know that name well.
Wow that is too cool! I wish I could find something like that in my attic. Old books are like a portal through time and I am in need of a trip-I suppose it’s time to drop into the Antique Co-op to see what I can find
I hope D.C. continues to work out!
11 Jul 2008 at 11:07 am
Yeats!!!!! “I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree…”
you are so lucky!!!
11 Jul 2008 at 12:13 pm
Wow, now that’s a find!! Good for you, and happy hunting!
11 Jul 2008 at 2:50 pm
Wow! Am I seeing correctly? Is that a signed edition? If yes, I bet it could finance major remodeling on you cottage! lol
11 Jul 2008 at 3:10 pm
Whoa! I am impressed.
11 Jul 2008 at 4:09 pm
How cool is that?! I love barn exploring, too…I do that on occasion at my in-laws’, though I can assure you I will never find something on the lines of a signed Yeats volume in their barn. LOL
11 Jul 2008 at 10:37 pm
OMG! i am speechless with amazement and wonder. what a treasure you uncovered! may it bring you much delight! safe travels!
11 Jul 2008 at 10:51 pm
What an amazing discovery!
12 Jul 2008 at 12:15 am
A real treasure !!! no other barn to explore ?
12 Jul 2008 at 3:56 am
Speechless, that’s what I am – and thrilled for you! I made a similar find at an estate sale about 25 years ago of a two-volume set of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. A limited edition of 600 books with mine being numbered 176, signed by the illustrator, Rockwell Kent. Got them for .50 each. What a wonderful find.
Congrats!
Tora in Chagrin Falls, Ohio
12 Jul 2008 at 6:24 pm
Wow, that is an amazing find.
12 Jul 2008 at 7:36 pm
how incredibly cool is that?!!!! delighted to see your treasure discovery! (nothing better that old, re-discovered books. . . . .)
13 Jul 2008 at 12:50 am
…..and to think you were just going for a visit with the in-laws only to find they are the owners of a barn full of treasures. Such a treasure trove you found too. I love old books. Way To Go!
13 Jul 2008 at 6:40 am
Wow, I’m a bibliophile who is pea green. What a treasure. Kismit?
13 Jul 2008 at 2:35 pm
wow, that is so odd a find there and completely cool!
13 Jul 2008 at 10:08 pm
Wow!!
16 Jul 2008 at 4:55 pm