Days Mill Road, Hopkinton NY - Part 3

I was approaching the end of my driving tour of Days Mill Road (see also Parts 1 and 2, posted previously), and stopped at this country home with outbuildings:

There was a bird house in the top of that old tree and a tire swing hanging below. The outbuilding on the right was in the style which always causes me to think it was once the main residence on this farm:

Lots of firewood and a hay field:

An old style country home:

This wonderful barn had an orange and white cat grooming itself in the open hayloft door. If you click to enlarge the picture, you can see it:

A large, well maintained home with an enclosed porch and several outbuildings:

A tiny cottage behind the trees, possibly someone's weekend getaway:

New England Asters and Goldenrod between the road and the forest:

Tall Red Pines along the road:

A large and elaborate home in a woodsy style, with a brook right behind it:

I turned off of Days Mill Road onto the state road, which was lined with corn fields:

And across from the corn fields were old apple trees, apparently untended and dropping their copious fruit all over the ground. It was all wondrous autumn scenery. But this was the end of my driving tour and I had dogs at home who were anxious for me to return. I put my camera away and headed homeward:

Days Mill Road, Hopkinton NY - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour on Days Mill Road (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) and came to this small shed. It was being used to sell eggs and other items, but I guessed it was originally built as a place for the children to wait for their school bus:

I passed by old dirt lanes into the pine forest and ancient cedar fences, built in the old style:

A sturdy and comfortable country home beside tall pines and decorated for Halloween:

More old cedar rail fencing with a collection of barns:

The old cedar rail fence ran along the road, past farm and forest:

Cedar lasts for a very long time and this fence was in the old style, so it could easily have been a hundred years old:

This pasture stretched back to the forest and was bounded alongside the road with more cedar rail fence:

An old shingled barn in excellent shape, with a wonderful sign out front: "Just Be Kind"

The other side of the barn in the above photo, showing an old silo. The first time I drove this road I saw horses here, but I've never seen them since:

A house with a wonderful front porch:

A wood shingled house:

An old farm field which may have been a hay field. There was still more to see on Days Mill Road and I'll post Part 3 tomorrow:

Days Mill Road, Hopkinton NY - Part 1

Days Mill Road is nearby, woodsy, rural and beautiful. I like to drive it every so often just because I enjoy the scenery. It has mysterious, gated lanes which lead back into the woods and fields:

Another gated lane, this one appearing to have a residence back there, almost out of sight:

I passed a tiny brook, dappled with sunlight as it burbled through the rocks and bends:

Many of the homes, like this one, were nearly hidden behind trees. It made it hard to get photos but I'm sure it makes it a pleasant place to live:

There were small clearings alongside the road, inspiring me to think there were once homes or cabins there:

And stretches of tall Red Pines:

This small barn was nearly smothered in young trees and the afternoon sun made it difficult to photograph. I wanted to take the picture from the other end, where the door was, but that would have required pointing the camera directly into the sun:

A comfortable country home with outbuildings, patios and screened porches. This patio had a large dog chained on it who wagged his tail at me as I stopped along the road:

A large hay field which stretched way back to the forest in the distance:

A small barn with a basketball hoop:

And a house to match:

A shed with firewood and cedar fence posts, next to a stone retaining wall. There still was more to see on Days Mill Road and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

Days Mill Road, A Scenic Treasure - Part 2

I was traveling on Days Mill Road (see also yesterday's post) and came to this gorgeous farm field surrounded by split rail fence:

And an old barn, covered with wooden shingles:

A classic farm house, flying an American flag:

Laundry hung out to dry, with old out-buildings in the background:

Three horses, happy and contented beside this old barn:

This old house has been for sale for a very long time but the sign said it was currently "under contract:"

Another old farm house, this one up on a small hill:

And autumn colors helped accent this large old farm home:

An old barn, sitting off by itself in a field:

Another old farm house:

Someone's camp, tucked behind more Eastern White Cedars:

And this extremely pleasant house with its back porch overlooking the forest and river. This would be a wonderful place to come home to at the end of the day. But this marked the end of my driving tour, so I put my camera away and headed for my next stop, the feed store:

Days Mill Road, A Scenic Treasure - Part 1

I'd discovered Days Mill Road just the other day and considered it so picturesque that I determined to get back there as soon as possible for a closer look. So back I went, turning off onto the unmarked Days Mill Road. It passed at first through forests and overgrown fields. This lovely brook especially caught my attention:

And then I came to this old barn, sitting all alone with the forest creeping up around it:

I began to see houses, though many of them sat far off the road, as well as driveways which led through the forest to homes not visible from the road:

This lovely old field was bordered by autumn woodlands:

I saw many old buildings. This home, with its garden fencing made of whitewall tires, had an honest to goodness, old log cabin in its side yard. I wondered it that might have been the original homestead on the road:

These two old sheds may not have been used in decades but clearly were built to last:

This old shed, with its nearby stone wall, appeared to have been used for storage - though perhaps not recently. All these historic buildings added a great deal of charm and mystery to the road:

This log cabin sat too far off the road for a good photo, but the entrance with the chainsaw bears, flowers and figures caught my eye. It seemed to me to be a place I'd like to live:

Old split rail fence ran for a great distance along the road and beneath a forest of Eastern White Cedars, the species from which it had been built. This section had an old "Posted" sign which had rusted to unreadability over the decades:

This fence may have been a hundred years old. Split cedar rails last a very long time:

I passed more homes, this one the brown and green colors of the surrounding forest:

And a farm field next to the road with an old fashioned hay rake. But there was more to see yet, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: