Sunshine on Shingle-covered Barn Roof

The tall door in the pitch of the roof was used for many years to load hay into Harold's wood-shingle-covered barn. Lightening rods were an essential protective devise, for the barn held both the cattle and the winter's hay. The barn was totally functonal to all farmers who probably never stopped working long enough to notice the absolute beauty that was foremost in my mind whenever I viewed one - especially in strong sunlight. Pigeons frequently sunned themselves on the top of the roof safely away from the barnyard cats. They also had their secret passages that allowed them to enter the hay mow where they built nests high on the rafters of the roof. And why not? Hay makes the softest nest and there was always plenty at hand! Harold made sure of that each and every summer.