My how time flies--5 years ago when I turned 65, I celebrated with the gift of a barn quilt.
You may have noticed that there are barn quilts all across Benton County and the
state of Arkansas. We are on the Arkansas Quilt Trail.
If barns could talk, this one on our farm would tell you it was built in 1957.
It has been a place for milking cows, storing machinery, providing housing
for calves and hay storage.
Before the introduction of big round hay bales, the barn stored over
8000 square bales during summer harvest. Even in those hot August harvest days,
stacking hay in the Anglin Barn was not all bad when you were treated
to a late-night supper and homemade ice cream prepared by Bonnah Lyn Anglin.
The barn continues to be used as part of our farming operation.
When we painted the barn this fall , we discovered that the barn quilt
needed more than a fresh coat of paint. After 5 years of weathering,
it required a new board and a fresh paint job.
It was our good fortune to find the willing soul to paint a new board.
I am one lucky Mother to have two sons and their good friends that were willing
to install it on the barn.
Like many jobs on the farm, it takes communication, coordination
and a lot of craziness.
The boys started with one in the bucket and several on the ground.
To hold the painted board and get it on the barn,
it took two in the bucket. It was a tight fit!
If barns could talk--I think she would be proud of her
new paint and quilt!
Merry Christmas to me!!
