CORN CRIBS

Corn Crib

Old structures that have been left to ruin are actually quite fascinating to those of us who are within a couple of inches of life's 10-inch ruler.   There are days we feel just like this old corn crib that's still standing, but no longer cared about.  It has served its purpose and is now in the way.  

We had a corn crib on our farm back in the 1950s.  I remember going in there for ears of corn, then taking them to the corn sheller.  

Corn Sheller

 When we come across these old structures, memories of childhood come from out of nowhere.  Rats were known to spend time in corn cribs, and farmers would tie the bottoms of their bib overalls with twine.  Why?  To keep the rats from running up their pant legs.  Yup, that's a fact.

These dilapidated buildings will one day soon topple over and be no more.  The old boards will be burned so something new and better can be put in their place.  It doesn't matter if we're human, animal or plant.  The cycle of existence is the same.