Saturday, March 4, 2017

Barns of Kentucky

It is the perfect day to share some of the many beautiful barns I have photographed throughout the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. Kentucky has my heart, as it is my home state. I have wandered many a back road and scenic byway in Kentucky stopping along the side of the road or at times even pulled into the edge of a driveway to snap photos of a barn on my journeys. I hope you enjoy this look back as much as I enjoyed creating it. Off we go!


Historic Manchester Farms, Summer, Bluegrass Scenic Byway, Lexington, Kentucky



Barn, Horse Farm, Late Fall, Bluegrass Scenic Byway, Midway, Kentucky



Barn, Horse Farm, Fall, Bluegrass Scenic Byway, Midway, Kentucky



Vintage Barn Adorned with Rock City Logo, Maker's Mark Distillery, Summer, Loretto, Kentucky



 Barn for Curing Bourbon, Summer, Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto, Kentucky



Tobacco Barn, Fall, Bluegrass Scenic Byway, Midway, Kentucky



Vintage Barn turned Antiques Shop, Fall, Historic Glendale, Kentucky



White Barn Adorned with Quilt Logo, Fall, Bluegrass Scenic Byway, Midway, Kentucky



Red Barn, Visitor Center, Yew Dell Gardens, Crestwood, Kentucky


Barn, Amish Farm, Summer, Scottsville, Kentucky



Vintage Barn Adorned with Rock City Logo, Summer, Bardstown, Kentucky

There you have it. Some of the barns I have photographed over the years while traveling the back roads and the scenic byways of the great state of Kentucky. I have to say I am very partial to the Bluegrass Region for obvious reasons. I especially love it in Fall, but Summer is nice too.

I hope you enjoyed taking a look back over the years at the beautiful barns throughout Kentucky. My favorite photo is the first one of Manchester Farms in Lexington taken some 15 years ago. At that time I used a Pentax K1000 manual camera with Fuji Velvia slide film. It was difficult learning 'to shoot the light' using that seemingly antiquated camera. Interestingly enough, that is the camera they still use in photography classes throughout colleges everywhere. I can see why. Many a roll of slide film was used to create that beautiful photo. I hope you will share with me your favorite image(s) on this journey of old historic and vintage barns. ENJOY!

Linking to Barn Collective

6 comments :

  1. Some of those are pretty fancy barns!

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  2. Those Kentucky folks really know how to build beautiful barns!

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  3. How lovely to see these wonderful barns in the sunshine during our dreary winter. Beautiful.

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  4. Oh, my, Carol, I am from Tennessee...well, I grew up there and still have family there. Still consider it home, but always consider Kentucky the next best thing to Tennessee...I consider it a sister state. LOL

    Anyway, you really posted some beauties here. I have to say that tobacco barn looks huge!

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  5. Absolutely beautiful, every one.

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  6. I love all these beautiful barns. Very nice! I remember going to Kentucky Horse Park and also Calumet Farm back in the 80's with friends. And I love the back roads of Kentucky.

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