July 21, 2009

• BEFORE

  As some of you know we had a fire in January of 2007 and lost our barns, hay, and most of our herd.  Ever since then we have been doing a lot of recovery around here, both spiritually and physically.  One last wound remains and that is the constant reminder of what used to stand behind our house, the barns.  Unfortunately two things had to happen before we could have that eyesore cleaned up.  One is to let the pile of barn rubble to settle completely before it is covered, and we had to come up with some money to pay the $120/hour that it costs to hire a bulldozer to do the job.

   

  

  Ian announced yesterday that the bulldozer will be here at the end of the week to start the clean-up. 

  

  So here are my before pictures taken and posted to record these changes for the years to come and to pass down to our progeny.  These cement strips were the floor of the cow barn.  The center one is the barn floor with the gutters that the barn cleaner was in.  The side strips of cement were the mangers where we used to feed the cows.

  

  The break in the weeds way back is where the barn cleaner turned the corner and dumped the manure out onto the pile.  That is also approximately where the fire is supposed to have started.  The chicken coop where the most complete burn was and where the fire dept. decided the fire originated was to the left and forward of the barn cleaner unit.

  

  I took this shot standing on top of the place where the barn cleaner took its turn to go out over the pile.  Below is where they pushed the rubble from the barn the day of the fire.  All of this will be covered with dirt and graded so that we can easily drive down into the valley again.

  

  All of the over growth and the rubble will be pushed into the valley and covered with dirt.  I look forward to seeing the truck arrive with the dozer on it.  I have tried very hard to heal and get past what happened but it will be easier once that big scar is gone from our landscape. 

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