Dead Tree and Barn T-Shirt

Old barns hold a fascination for me. Their sturdy structures and simple designs, brought on by decades of understanding of how to build them right, makes them so worthy. This image, taken towards the end of day in July speaks to how settled the barn seems in its surrounding. I seem to remember that the image was taken in either Huron County of Bruce County in Ontario. Alas, its companion tree, perhaps rooted about the same time that the barn was built, appears to be recently dead. The barn is old, but not beyond its useful purpose. What I love about this image is the simple layering of the golden wheat in the foreground, the late day sky with hints of pink, the darkness of the distant trees, and of course the tree and barn settled i...