County Route 44, Between Madrid and Waddington, NY - Part 1

I left the village of Waddington, NY and headed southeast on county Route 44 toward home. Stopping to take pictures made getting home slow, but the rural scenery was too nice for me to do otherwise:

The homes quickly became more rural as I left Waddington:

This farm was rather far off the road and I had to use my zoom lens - but the trees, snow, weathered wood and old barn made it look beautiful to me:

A lovely home, set behind trees and with a barn in the back:

This appeared to be a brick home, currently unoccupied:

A logging operation. Many of the logs were too small to be for lumber, so I assumed they were for firewood:

A silo, barn, farm house and garage, set back behind a snowy field:

A brick farm house:

This farm appeared to be large and successful:

A cluster of silos, though the tree blocked my view so I couldn't count them:

Another brick farm house. This is country living at its finest:

Miscellaneous farm equipment, spread out between a fence line and a woodlot. But there was more to see yet, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: