Our Ranch Home

When I stop to think of the past, I feel it is too far back. I remember the things about our home and yard. We had a big grainery. It had a floor plan that had a room to work in. That is where Dad fixed bridles and other leather goods for the horses. He repaired our shoes and fixed a lot of things. There were three bins to store grain and an upstairs, that was one big room. We used to play house in the loft. There was a stairs that could be raised up to the ceiling or let down to go up stairs.

There was a shed on the north side where machinery was stored and an ice house where the guys went to the river and cut ice and covered it with sawdust to use through the summer.

We had a cellar where potatoes and other foods were stored. It was big. One winter it caught fire and burned all of the wooden parts. The adobe walls were left standing but it was never restored.

Mom