The Plains of North Texas by louannwarren

The Plains of North Texas

This is cattle country, the terrain is too rugged for farming. Many old wooden barns dot the landscape, they are no longer in use, having been replaced by large metal barns elsewhere on the property. The old wooden barns decay beautifully really, they have so much more character than the metal ones. A 70 mph photo!
Love the composition.
February 18th, 2018  
A lovely capture of the wide open country and those eye catching old barns -- such more in tune with the surrounds than the metal barns
February 18th, 2018  
I guess keeping up the wooden ones is a bit costly and the metal lasts longer. At least the wooden ones still serve as artistic inspiration. Good shot for 70 mph!
February 18th, 2018  
Beautiful colors in this and a lovely country capture.
February 18th, 2018  
Bep
Wonderful countryside.
February 18th, 2018  
Wonderful landscape and colours...........great drive by shot!
February 18th, 2018  
that gold tone against that blue sky is lovely. is that water in the horizon?
February 18th, 2018  
Very impressive no sign of movement in the foreground, lovely capture Lou Ann:)
February 18th, 2018  
Great drive-by capture and a wonderful sense of isolation. Life there looks like it could be challenging.
February 18th, 2018  
Love the colours in this!
February 18th, 2018  
Fabulous shot. This could be in our Australian outback.
February 18th, 2018  
Beautiful colors. Love the information about old barns in Texas. Can't imagine getting such a great shot at 70mph!!
February 18th, 2018  
I so agree with Babs, @onewing my first thought looks like home...beautiful landscape shot.
February 18th, 2018  
It is always sad to see the old building and barns starting to fall apart. Good one. Love the colors of the fields.
February 18th, 2018  
Great scene. I like the colours.
February 18th, 2018  
Great to document them before they go. I saw so many like this in Georgia last summer.
February 19th, 2018  
Awesome 70 mph photo, Lou Ann! This is definitely rugged Texas landscape, so different from the Hill Country! Texas fav! :-)
February 19th, 2018  
Thanks for showing us some Texas wide open spaces!
February 19th, 2018  
Another great drive by shot! The country is so expansive and the barn looks so forlorn and lonely. To imagine it was once a vibrant homestead here.
February 19th, 2018  
Terrific scene :)
February 19th, 2018  
Fabulous scene from your part of the world.
February 19th, 2018  
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Thank you for your wonderful comments and favs. I appreciate each one of them so much! On any cattle ranch you can find old wooden barns, I was just fortunate this one was visible from the highway!
February 19th, 2018  
@summerfield That’s not water in the distance, just more land. The Red River is north of this property but it’s a trickle right now. These ranchers have to drill for water.

@taffy Life was challenging for our farmers before the inventions of all the farm equipment they now have. Some ranches in Texas are so huge the ranchers use helicopters to round up their cattle, for small places they can get by with 4 wheelers (ATV’s).
February 19th, 2018  
Love how alone this looks. Like that you gave it plenty of space.
February 20th, 2018  
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