One farm's buildings for Barn Charm

I have admired this farm for a long time...it is one we pass by fairly often...can see this big barn from the highway. I had not realized at first that there was a road going by it...but when I did we always seems to be headed someplace specific or headed home. But Friday was my day to snap a few photos. This was taken almost at the highway...but I was zoomed in some.
Taken from the same place as the top photo, but zoomed in closer...
and this is another view of the same building as the one above it. I probably like this photo best of all cause there seems more depth to it.
But man oh man--do I love this barn! It is a humdinger, if I do say so myself. I was not disappointed in it at all.

Well, there you have my entry for Tricia's Barn Charm meme...if you have a barn or have posted one in the past, go ahead and link up to the meme...the more the merrier, and I love seeing them.

Blowing in the wind...

Not sure what kind of weed this is...it is not a milkweed.

Edited to add: Think I am going to have to eat my words. My North told me it might be Swamp Milkweed, sometimes known as Rose Milkweed. After a google search and looking at the images, I believe she is right. It doesn't have the big oval leaves of the milkweed I know...but guess I should have known it was some type of milkweed because the seeds look so similar.

Winter gold...

I am sure that for some farmers, these hay bales would be a treasure to have. Did anyone else catch the story that it was cheaper to ship hay to China than to California dairy farmers?