A SPLITTING AXE IS A PRY…NOT A WEDGE
(Note from the editor: While this blog post is not really related to the beauty of Ontario barns, I believe…
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Roy’s Toys: Preserving a Perth County childhood
By OBP member Mel Luymes, Editor of The Rural Voice (This story, first published in The Rural Voice in July…
Roy’s Toys: Preserving a Perth County childhood
By OBP member Mel Luymes, Editor of The Rural Voice (This story, first published in The Rural Voice in July…
A Conversation about Lightning Rods
Excerpts courtesy of OBP Secretary Claudia Smith and OBP Director Will Samis. CLAUDIA: From my personal experience, as well as…
Wilder Barn Restoration: Part 2 of 2
Text and photos by Martha Wilder (arranged and edited by Jim Campbell) Continued from Wilder Barn Restoration Part 1 ……
Wilder Barn Restoration: Part 1
Text and photos by Martha Wilder (arranged and edited by Jim Campbell) This farm was settled around 1845 according to…
Setting up a Roadside Easel: Part 2
Text and Images contributed by Mike Shatilla Continued from Part 1 …. Painting Plein Air: Standing Where They Stand Much…
Setting up a Roadside Easel: Part 1
Text and Images contributed by Mike Shatilla Here’s what I do: As an emerging artist based in Milton, over the past…
A Little Log Horse Stable in Lanark County
By Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Horses built this country. With plodding hooves, sweat-darkened hides and dust-clearing snorts, horses pulled everything…
Preserving the Memory of Paul May’s Old Barn
(aka: Paul, the father of ‘Farmer Tim’ on Facebook; January 2026) by Hugh Fraser, President of Ontario Barn Preservation (OBP)…