Collapsing Barn

An old barn stood for years in the middle of a field near our home on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand. I took a casual photo of it one day, intending to paint it 'plein air' as soon as time and conditions permitted.

However the next time I drove past both barn and tree were smouldering ashes, no longer of use to the farmer for storage or shelter.

I am glad that my memory of the barn was not lost all together!