* FOREST HAYLOFT*

After a long walk, after a shaking and vicious drive in the impenetrable forest, through marches, hills, and dense bushes, suddenly opens a clean, mowed, or all in bloom meadow and in the clearing, there is a forest hayloft. And immediately disappears fatigue from the long, dangerous journey.
    The spirit of your distant ancestors, materialized for you by their tireless work, reflects in these finished, silvery from time logs. However, in the old days, nobody noticed that silver hue. It was all taken for granted and therefore was invisible. The forest haylofts initially were built from the same firs, pines, and sometimes the aspens, which grew at the site of the future meadow. Expanding meadows, a peasant cut down more trees, of which, if desired, can be made one or more haylofts.
 The logs were placed on each other without the moss but closely, without large gaps. In summer, there a cool breeze seeps through the cracks. The barn ventilates with hay, the moisture does not stick, and logs do not rot for a long time.
The roof was made of one slope; the runner covered the top, rarely with the shingles. The structure was built with two pitches also. Under the roof gutters often nested forest birds. Under the same roof, wasps spun and glued their laminated gray nest, similar to the salt-away. Instead of the usual plank floor, were used firwood logs.
    To build a barn takes a few days for two guys. Nobody bothered with the gates. Hay was taken away during winter when the swamp froze. The frosted blizzard mingled with the smell of snow and still stood apart from the scent of summer flowers. Such contrasts have met in peasant life very often. They have underlined the connection of the seasons emphasized the uniqueness of labour, tradition and general life experiences.