Follows the life of a country barn from the late eighteenth-century to the present day.

A discarded hat and disappearing objects seem to aprove that a mysterious stranger is hiding out in the barn, but no one ever sees it.

Provides a range of techniques for painting houses, cottages, barns, mansions and cityscapes, and covers everything from perspective and composition to how to paint stone, brick, wood and other textures step-by-step

A dilapidated old barn shelters a wide variety of animals, including snakes, porcupines, cats, and a skunk, during the sub-zero winter temperature of Maine, while they wait for the first signs of spring.

"This newly revised edition of In the Barn uses full-color pictures to show how the barn was the center of activity on an early farm. Different kinds of barns are clearly detailed from the English and bank style barns in wooded areas to the sod barns of the western prairies. Featured topics include: the fun of a barn raising bee; the work of milking cows, winnowing grain, and mucking out stalls; a tools and gadgets section; and seasonal activities...

A boy spends a long day helping his father dismantle a nineteenth-century barn so that the pieces can be used in other barns and houses to live another one hundred years.

Provides practical advice about matters concerning your farm or ranch. Lyons takes you from making the decision to keep horses at home, through buying property and installing a covered arena, even to deciding whether you want to build a house-barn combination and move into the barn yourself.