Porter Lynch Road In Stockholm, New York - Part 2

I was driving Porter Lynch Road in rural Stockholm and snapping pictures of the scenery. I particularly liked this old, red barn:

This colorful old barn had been assembled in stages:

There was an old manure spreader and a hay rake in the snow:

A very large and well built old barn:

This farm house, with its barn and silo out behind, looked comfortable and inviting, like a place to come home to at Christmastime:

A modern country home:

A front porch to sit on when the weather is nice:

A collection of outbuildings, all painted the traditional green:

There were woodlands along the road:

This appeared to me to be a very old homestead. It was small and had, I thought, been converted to a barn or shed in later years. But even those days were long gone and it now stood, unused, along the road:

I took one last photo before I turned onto the county road. Then I put my camera away and continued on home. I had several bags of feed in the back of my car which had to be unloaded and cattle which would want to be fed:

Porter Lynch Road In Stockholm, New York - Part 1

We'd just endured another big snowstorm and it was brutally cold outdoors, but the day was sunny and the winds were quiet. So I decided it was time for a driving tour and chose rural Porter Lynch Road in the town of Stockholm:

This was real farm country and the houses were far apart:

There were old barns alongside the road:

And suburban style homes, fronted with snow covered evergreens:

But there were authentic old farmsteads as well:

An old silo, big tractor, farm equipment and the foundation where a barn once stood:

This old farm house and its split rail fence were close to the road and looked comfortable:

I passed through woodlands, apparently former fields which had, over time, returned to trees:

I remembered that this western style barn had sheep the last time I drove this road, but I saw none on this day:

A front porch for sitting and watching the neighbors drive by - in warmer weather, of course:

Do you see those tiny dots way out in the distant fields? Those were five foot diameter, round hay bales - hundreds of them. But there was more to see on Porter Lynch Road and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

Part 2 - Porter Lynch Road

I was surprised to find that Porter Lynch Road was very long, stretching from the town of Stockholm into the town of Norfolk and then back into Stockholm again:

Most of the road was agricultural and there were lots of fields with hay bales and farm equipment:

Herds of beef cattle out on pasture:

Spacious, comfortable homes with wonderful porches:

Old barns with sagging roofs:

Old farm houses:

And some antique farm equipment:

I thought this barn was still in use until I noticed the trees growing through its roof:

Big old trees in front of country homes:

Horse barns:

And, of course, horses:

This last photo of my tour seemed to be the very essence of Porter Lynch Road. A well kept flower garden, an older home with a barn out back. This looked to me like a place I'd like to call home. But of course I already had a home and had delayed getting back to it for too long already. So I put away my camera and pointed the car in that direction:

Part 1 - Porter Lynch Road

I was on my way home from the equipment store and a side trip to the town of Louisville (see previous posts) when I noticed this sign, not for the first time, for Porter Lynch Road. I figured that I'd already delayed my trip by touring Louisville, so I might as well turn and see what Porter Lynch Road had to offer:

Porter Lynch Road was very rural, with homes and farms which looked friendly and liveable:

This old, abandoned garage looked forlorn, a reminder of days long gone. I suspect it began life as a barn and those doors at the top were for loading hay:

There also were modern homes and it struck me that even the newest homes often had wide porches. It was part of the country life:

Old barns and silos, shiny new farm equipment:

Old farm homes:

Tractors, balers, all the requirements of farming:

This mobile home seemed to be cultivating Catalpa Trees, and I was surprised they'd grow in this cold climate. I've since checked their range map and they grow way up into Canada, apparently much more cold hardy than I'd realized:

The split rail fence continued on past the next house and I guessed that the two families were related:

I passed by a field of very colorful sheep:

An old barn with red doors, still part of an active farm:

A sprawling farm house. But there was more to see on Porter Lynch Road, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: