Some farmhouses in front of a peak in the San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains. This picture was taken a few miles north of Pagosa Springs.
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Cats, charts, and politics
Cats, charts, and politics
Some farmhouses in front of a peak in the San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains. This picture was taken a few miles north of Pagosa Springs.
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Red usually indicates a barn rather than a farm house.
Good point! Meanwhile, I was just wondering why red? It's been "traditional" for a long time, but is there a reason for it? Was red paint the cheapest?
KD, being a full-service blogger, has actually covered the barn color question, of course in the most KD way imaginable: https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/02/red-barns-and-white-barns-why-rural-crime-skyrocketed-late-1800s/
Like whenever I see pictures of little farmsteads nestled high up against the majestic Swiss or Austrian Alps, I always ask myself "Man, who gets to live in these places and do they realize how incredible it is?"
The most spectacular example of this that I know of is Refugio Los Volcanes (https://www.refugiolosvolcanes.com/) in Bolivia. The scenery there is so incredible that you just have to go there and see it for yourself; there's no way to describe it.
It was originally established as a private estate by a German surveyor, who was hired by the Bolivian government to survey the boundary of the proposed Parque Nacional Amboró. During his survey work, he came across this flattish area nestled in the mountains and thought to himself, "Hmm, this looks like it might be a nice place to live."