We'd stop at farms and ask to hike the woods, hunt for mushrooms, or walk plowed fields looking for arrow heads. I don't remember ever being turned away. It was through this contact with rural Indiana that I developed my love of farmers, farms, barns, creeks, hills, old churches, livestock, and our gorgeous and seasonally changing countryside.
Today, many years later, I still enjoy driving country roads for the riches to be found there. And I'm fortunate that I can still take the occasional hike with Dad, now 87! Our Indiana barns are a favorite pleasure and it saddens me to see so many of them collapsing or being harvested for the lumber. I feel like I'm on a race to photograph as many as I can before they – or I – go!
I hope you enjoy these images. Like all my photos, they are for sale. Please contact me via this link regarding sales or just to comment on the images. I love hearing from fellow Hoosiers and others who appreciate our home.