Lost bird

I came across this lost cemetery decoration on the edge of a cemetery in northern Linn county, Missouri.  I was looking for a rural church that used to stand next to the cemetery, but the church was gone and only a belfry and some tombstones remained.

The axe in the barn

An axe stored in a barrel in a corner of a barn has developed a thick and palpable patina of age and rust. 

Clarksburg, MO

There used to be much more to Clarksburg.  I came here several times in the late 1990s and early 2000s.  At least two buildings from this block of stores are gone.  The portion of the building on the far right used to be a general merchandise store that a great grandfather of mine either owned or worked in...back in the early 1900s.  After Clarksburg his family moved on to Sedalia, Missouri.