Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful barn

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Originally uploaded by michael j nolan.

Leave it to a Hoosier boy to appreciate the beauty of this barn. It's tucked away behind gates and a brick wall, just off busy 86th Street in Indianapolis. Thousands of cars pass by each day, and no one knows what beauty lurks behind the wall.

My friends Steven and Michael have lovingly restored this barn. They throw wonderful parties there in the summer. You never know what interesting person you'll meet in the hayloft. It's a testament to the kind of Indiana I grew up in; the kind of Indiana that's harder and harder to find.