Have been working the last couple weeks on this small project: Library of Canadian Nationalism. Think of it like a collection of resources, books, films, songs, speeches that span 250+ years of writing & discussion about Canadian identity and nationalism.

My new article is a love letter of sorts to small town Ontario. Come for the anti-suburban sprawl rage bait, stay for the lengthy descriptions of brick colours and rural museums. Read it here: withoutdiminishment.com/p/looking-for-… Without Diminishment

Louden Barn Plans, Fairfield, Iowa. 1915. Found in the Internet Archives. archive.org/details/Louden… #SaveOntarioBarns

A building is “re-barn” - Architect Robert Grossman tells the story of how the Washington State University's Lewis Alumni Centre was transformed from a barn to home-away-from-home for Cougs. 2014 archive.org/details/youtub…

Photograph of a collapsed barn in Beulah, Manitoba. 1915. archive.org/details/PC0000… - I found a lot in the archives today and didn't want to lose track of it before sharing at least most of it. #ManitobaBarns Manitoba History MHS

"Build Your Barn Like a Skyscraper!" From Sears Roebuck - 1928 archive.org/details/SearsR… #SaveOntarioBarns

Ontario Barn Preservation is looking for volunteers for an ongoing digital project! You'll help investigate historic barns - digging into online databases from archives and museums across Ontario. If you're interested, please reach out via email [email protected]

Predicting the Age of a Barn. - Things like the roof style, timbers used, old nails, and the barn frame would help. ilovebarnwood.com/predicting-the… Your Old Barn Study ontariobarnpreservation.com/barn-study/ Right here in Ontario.

Our Barns: A History of the Barns of Maine by Richard Erwin, Patti Mikkelsen April, 2011. Barn expert Don Perkins gives a talk presented by the New Gloucester Historical Society about a variety of barns to be found in Maine. archive.org/details/OurBar… #SaveOntarioBarns

Farm machinery advertisements from the 1800's, in Ontario. Hay loader, Ingersoll, Ontario. archive.org/details/cihm_5… Oat hull grinder. Galt, Ontario. archive.org/details/cihm_6… Stable fixtures. Preston, Ontario. archive.org/details/cihm_5… #SaveOntarioBarns

New post to Ontario Barn Preservation - Setting up a Roadside Easel: Part 2 Contributed by Mike Shatilla ontariobarnpreservation.com/2026/04/06/set… #SaveOntarioBarns

This is an archive photo from a barn raising in Picton, Ontario. Between 1898 and 1930. #SaveOntarioBarns digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/272535…

The most-improved farm in the 945 square miles of Durham Region - the Holstein operation owned by Clifford Redman of Scugog Island - 1975 -digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/207258… #SaveOntarioBarns

Map of Upper Canada, 1855. Found via ontariohistory.org #OntarioHistory

Living Off Grid? Been There, Done that - by Ernie Bies, April 10, 2020 #OntarioHistory #SaveOntarioBarns ontariohistory.org/bies-offgrid.p…

Barn raising, 1890's. This photo was found in an antique store in Perth, Ontario, in December, 2015. Brothers, Cameron & Peter McTavish appear in North Elmsley Township in the 1901 census, ages eleven and five, respectivley. #SaveOntarioBarns ontariohistory.org/elmsley-barnra…

Today I am thinking about Spring and... toads. You find toads in unexpected places. Like barns, mainly under things. Did you know we only have 2 kinds of toads in Ontario? georgianbaybiosphere.com/toad-days-day/ If you find one in your barn, be kind. (Laura)

Do you have one of these in your barn? Custom made in Collingwood, Ontario. "The old tractor has a wooden cab that a resourceful farmer built for protection from the elements. Built sometime between 1918 and 1927." waymarking.com/waymarks/WM10H…

Take a look at the barn photographs from John Ronson. bsky.app/profile/g9mk2.…

"My little friend..." Not an Ontario barn but it gave me a laugh. (Laura) facebook.com/share/r/1AbHiD…