Barn Charm - Iowa State Fair 2013, Pioneer Hall

Today's "Barn Charm" is from our visit to the 2013 Iowa State Fair. Livie and I were riding one of the Sky Gliders (a ski lift type of ride high above the fairgrounds, providing a wonderful bird's-eye view of the grounds) when I got this photo with my iPhone camera (no Instagram app this time). I was glad I'd been able to snap a photo of this "barn" now known as Pioneer Hall (currently a museum). We were descending at this point as we were approaching this great, historic building, but still had a good angle to get most of the building in this shot.

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Barn Charm - An Illinois Farm in June

Back in June, my family and I drove to Chicago with my mom so we could visit my brother, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew. Livie, by the way, had a BLAST with her cousins!

As Andrew really likes driving when we go on road trips, I let him drive; during that time, I was able to snap some photos using the Instagram app on my iPhone as we drove along I-80 and I-88.

Here's an Instagram photo I was able to take of a farm in western Illinois (it may have been while we were still on I-80 heading east, or it may have been just after we got on I-88 heading east).

I love the two (partially) red barns side by side, the fluffy clouds, the farmhouse, green crops early in the season, and the two birds of prey circling overhead.

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