Midwest scene

 This is just a drive-by farm scene over in Illinois.  It is zoomed in and also cropped a little bit.

another view...

 This is another view of the church that was in the background of Thursday's post.

The Courthouse

  I just have to show a B&W version, the trouble is I am having trouble deciding which filtered version I like best.

Clock tower....

 One more detail of the Edgar County courthouse in Illinois.

Edgar County Courthouse detail....

 This courhouse is a beauty.  I would love to know if the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

 Another from the archives...this one we pass every time we go to Super Walmart.  

Here is a side view...

Drive-by

 This one is from the archives...from back in the day when Roger could still drive.  There is no way I could snap a photo of this while driving there.  I cannot even do any good on road where I am the only one on the road if I have to shoot to my left while driving.  Over near Arthur, Illinois where this is taken, the road always has  a few cars coming and going.  Not bumper to bumper, but I sure cannot dwaddle along.  And there is no place to pull over.

Anyway, this is one of the barns I consider a favorite.  I always tell Roger if someone was outside, I would be so tempted to stop and ask for a look inside, and to ask about the history.  and maybe for once I could get a decent photo.

Fall decorations...

 I like the fall deorations, but the shot was more about the door.  

Amish

 Taken over in Illinois a few years ago...I think this was at an Amish school..

A place to rest in peace....

 This is in the middle of big farm field in Illinois.  I had to really zoom in to get this shot.

(This is posting Friday night...I had Mohs surgery today...I had had another spot of skin cancer close to where I had one 5 or 6 yrs ago, so she thought they should do the Mohs surgery.  The first time was free of cancer.  But I still spent the day doing that.  I will try to catch up with everyone in the next day or two.)

Beautiful old home

This is over in Illinois...I think in Edgar Country.  It is a beauty.

No longer exists....

I have no idea why, but this barn no longer exists.

A pair

As we were coming home from Paris, Illinois Friday, we spotted this pair of Bald Eagles in a tree maybe a hundred yards off the road.  The tree was in fence line between two farm fields.

Black barn...

A barn from October, from over in Illinois.  Of barn colors, black is my least favorite color.  I don't know what my favorite color would be.  Probably either unpainted or red.

From Edgar County, Illinois.....

Thesdoes not do the scenes justice at all...but am showing it anyway.

I love to watch the farmland in all its seasons.

Big, wide barn

This first photo is to give you a just a bit of an overall view of the place...

This barn is so wide....this photo does not really portray how it feels to be looking at it in real life.

I zoomed in a bit above but still showing how wide it is...

And then the one above and below to give a bit more detail.  Remember to click and expand the view.

Drive-bys from today....

All shots were taken on the road today...

All are somewhere  between Paris and Arthur, Illinois along St. Rd. 133

Sorry for the dirty windshield...

And below is the last shot I am using...

I had one more barn but it is so blurry I cannot get a decent rendition of it.

Barn house today....

I posted a photo from a few years back HERE....I knew the general area it is in so I got on Google Earth and narrowed it down to where I thought it about had to be and joy of joys, I was right.  I only grabbed a quick shot....but still you can tell it is a home and is loved.

This was out at the corner of their yard.

Church on Sunday

Liberty Church is north of here, over in Illinois...east of Georgetown, Illinois.   

Typical midwest scene

Technically, maybe not the greatest, but I do like the feel of this shot.