A little group of girlfriends who have photography as a hobby in common took a full day for an outing to San Juan Island last week. At the end, we dubbed it "the perfect day." I wonder, since we have vowed to take other forays, if we should have a name; something like Lenscap Ladies, or The Photo Four.
Definitely not, I think, Darkroom Divas or The Overexposures!
Examples of my photos from that special day are here in the following 11 posts,
down through "Flies and Frogs..."
Once on the island, it didn't take long for us to spot a grand old barn. Problem: it was very far off the road. But, when it comes to capturing a barn, I am undaunted. I practically forced the other 3 to approach the place, threatening to walk to it if I had to. But how we all scrambled once given permission to open the gate! We went in 4 different directions to lay seige with our cameras.
Almost always one can find treasures of forgotten barn relics nearby:
We made our own paths through chest-high thistles and weeds: