In the midst of rapidly changing directives surrounding the cononavirus response, more people are taking walks around the roads less traveled — or even the roads well traveled. Avoiding frost heaves and the occasional pothole, there are bound to be views one doesn’t see or note while driving or even biking. Here are a few from a recent stroll.
Top photo: Barn door hardware has become a fashionable way to save space and make a decorative statement inside homes. Unlike a pocket door, which slips out-of-sight between the walls, a barn door usually glides along a top rail, parallel to and just an inch away from a flat wall rather than opening into a room or folding back upon itself. In this case, there is an extension on one side of the shed to accommodate the placement of the door when open.
Readers — do you know where this is?
[Answer is at the bottom].
ANSWER: This shed is at Wilson Hill and Hunter roads between Bluff Drive in Turner and the Minot town line.
This view shows a dilapidated storage shed with some interesting features. Having driven past this place multiple times a week for more than two decades, I never noticed the decorative, though rusted, barn door hardware. Over the years, the roof caved in at some point, but the view from a moving vehicle is decidedly limited. A recent walk in the area gave an up close and personal view of both.
Barn door hardware has become a fashionable way to save space and make a decorative statement inside homes. Unlike a pocket door, which slips out-of-sight between the walls, a barn door usually glides along a top rail, parallel to and just an inch away from a flat wall rather than opening into a room or folding back upon itself. In this case, there is an extension on one side of the shed to accommodate the placement of the door when open.
(Linda Galway photos)
