County Route 47, Town Of Stockholm And Norfolk - Part 3

I was touring rural County Route 47 (see also Parts 1 and 2, posted previously) and came to this impressive sight with barns, silos, grain bins, farm equipment and a row of antique tractors:

A small house sat off behind some trees and I couldn't tell if anyone lived there or not. I also noticed the old fashioned outhouse with a crescent cutout on the door:

Lovely barns, an inviting pastoral scene:

A farm house with barns out back and Christmas decorations by the front porch:

Barns and a silo:

More barns and a silo:

This old barn appeared to be no longer used, and the silo was of the old fashioned wooden type:

Well, I didn't have to guess if this house was lived in or not. The parked car, however, was a mystery:

An extensive and elaborate farm, a beautiful sight on a winter's day:

An older barn, silo and farm house. They were also the end of my driving tour, so I turned around and headed back the way I'd come:

County Route 47, Town Of Stockholm And Norfolk - Part 2

I was taking a driving photo tour of rural County Route 47 in the towns of Stockholm and Norfolk, New York (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). Local people seem to pronounce Norfolk as "Norfork," though I've never figured out why. This large and elaborate dairy barn was impressive:

A traditional setup of barns and silo:

A large, old farm house:

This house and garage appeared to be unoccupied:

And I was absolutely sure that this house was unoccupied:

Another abandoned home. All three were near each other in a settlement called Knapp's Station:

This home had an impressive set of steps or terraces which led down to the lovely Plum Brook:

An old barn which someone had updated:

A farm house with barns in the background:

A large farm complex, so big I had to snap the photo from a distance. There was still more to see on County Route 47, though, and I'll post Part 3 tomorrow:

County Route 47, Town Of Stockholm And Norfolk - Part 1

I often traveled County Route 47 at night while driving to and from community chorus rehearsals, so one day I decided to drive it during the day and see what I'd been missing. The road had lots of spectacular old barns, though most of them are now sitting idle:

Many of the smaller barns, however, were being used for horses:

These outbuilding held farm equipment:

A modern style barn with piles of round hay bales stored under its canopy. I wish I could keep my hay bales out of the rain:

An attractive setup for horses:

An old barn behind a traditional split rail cedar fence:

An old shed, no longer used. It appeared to me as this was once someone's house, tiny though it is:

A large and elaborate farm house, behind cedar split rail fence:

A big red barn with a couple of horses enjoying the sunshine:

A string of barns, laid out in the New England style. I was just getting started on my driving tour though, and there was still much to see. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

Joy Road, County Route 83 And County Route 49 - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour of a scenic local road which began in Massena as Joy Road and then became County Route 83, then County Route 49 as it passed through the town of Norfolk into the town of Stockholm. This lovely old brick farm house, with its barn and split rail fence, was one of my favorites:

The Brookdale Wesleyan Church, sitting kind of out in the middle of nowhere:

A very old and very large barn, still in active use:

I wanted to capture this picturesque farm, which sat up on a hill, in one photo:

A smaller barn with a new roof:

A large farm house with an even larger barn:

Another old barn:

A historic farm house with two old barns (well, three if you include the smallest one), still painted the green color which, it seems, most barns around here used to be painted:

A lovely log home:

An old farm house with plastic over the porch windows, a barn and silo:

A beautiful old barn:

A comfortable looking farm house:

This barn, set back in the trees and elevated off the ground, was the last photo I took on this driving tour. It is a route I take often, and stopping to snap photos helps me pay closer attention to the beauty I pass along the way:

Joy Road, County Route 83 And County Route 49 - Part 1

I had to drive to Massena to pick up more medication for Daisy at the veterinarian's office, and decided to take the scenic route home. I turned onto Joy Road, in the town of Massena, and began heading toward the town of Norfolk. This abandoned home in the trees was my inspiration to take photos along the way. It had been vacant so long that trees had grown up to block some of the doors. It was a cloudy day, but most of the "dark" photos were on the west side of the road and the setting sun caused the camera to adjust the brightness downward:

A large and modern farm. That "addition" on the right hand side appeared to be an old barn with many rotten boards and beams. I couldn't tell how it fit onto the current house, but they were attached:

A big farm with a corn silo:

A scenic old farm:

There were plenty of woodlands along the way, most of them young because they used to be farm fields. Joy Road became County Route 83, which became County Route 49, passing from Massena through Norfolk and ending in Stockholm:

Lots of corn fields:

This old barn had a snow plow attached to a tractor, a new roof and a full wood shed:

I drove right past this abandoned boat set back in the woods and had to back up to snap a picture of it. There are so many lakes and rivers around here, not to mention the St. Lawrence Seaway, that I see quite a few old boats, abandoned and rotting in woods and fields:

The Brookdale Cemetery:

Two modern looking barns with a very old, wood shingled silo:

This was probably an old barn which was rebuilt, restored and modernized:

This sad, old home had totally collapsed. Someone lived here once:

A farm house with barn, grain bin and tractor in the background. There was more to see along this road and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: