Of Horses and Farmhouses

Autumn advances upon Connecticut’s Eastern Uplands where horses huddle beside a creaky, old farmhouse amidst a pasture strewn with fallen leaves.

Yankee Farmlands № 41 (Horses pasturing beside old farmhouse, Hebron, Connecticut) — “Yankee Farmlands № 41”
Horses pasturing beside old farmhouse,Hebron, Connecticut
© 2015 J. G. Coleman

Autumn advances upon Connecticut’s Eastern Uplands where horses huddle beside one another amidst a pasture strewn with fallen leaves. A creaky, old farmhouse nearby sits in shadowy repose beneath a towering shade tree, whispering forgotten tales of times long past through fissures in its frail siding.

Connecticut’s scattered farming districts may not be as numerous as they once were, but those places where agriculture does persist have often been worked almost continuously for centuries. Consequently, it’s not uncommon on these farms to find a mingling of barns, outbuildings and silos of wildly different ages, each constructed at different times over the course of several generations.