IT WAS THEIR SHELTER THROUGH THE STORM

IT WAS A SHELTER FOR THE WILDLIFE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. DESPITE THE DOORS, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE OLD SHED THAT MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE A NEON WELCOME SIGN TO ALL THE ANIMALS THAT PASSED THAT WAY THROUGH THE YEARS. IN SUMMER, THE FARMERS SONS RETURNED WITH THEIR OWN AND TOLD THE BOYS ABOUT THE HOURS THEY SPENT PLAYING JESSIE JAMES AND DANIEL BOONE, THE ALAMO; WAR GAMES WITH NAMES ABOUT BATAAN AND NANCI, FRANCE WERE PLAYED THERE WITHOUT A COMMENT FROM THE DADS. A SUMMER CLUB FOR BOYS TO HANG AROUND AND GET READY FOR DRIVE IN DATES WITH , GIRLS AND MORE WARS. I GUESS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, ANOTHER MEMORY NOW SHARED BY GENERATIONS OF MEN TIME AND AGAIN. STILL, THE ANIMALS TAKE TIME TO STAY AWHILE IN THE DEAD OF WINTER WHEN IT'S BELOW ZERO OR SO. ARE WINTERS GETTING COLDER OR ARE MEN GETTING OLDER? PHOTO ESSAY BY R.L. HUFFSTUTTER