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Spring Blossoms of Peach, Nectarine, Apple, and Pear.

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

There are a few days in spring when the orchards pop with blossoms.  Wind and rain and biology all conspire to make the show short-lived.  So you have to enjoy the blooms while they last, and get photos on the … Continue reading →

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The Birds and the Breeze in Yonder Hilltop Meadow.

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Spring on the farm, before the first mowing.  The grass is long, dandelions are tall, and everything waves in the wind.  Set the camera in an old apple tree, up in the meadow near Stumphenge.

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Tiny Baby Farm Bird Says, I Can Has Wormburger?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Everything on the farm becomes a habitat. Not least this old Ford tractor, because in a bird-eat-bird world, you don’t thumb your beak at an iron-clad condo with sweeping views. The farm hawk, among other predators, isn’t going to divebomb … Continue reading →

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Duct Tape on Tractor Raggles Like the Flag of Some Beseiged Province.

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

If, for your evening walk, you should like to pass a few minutes untroubled by world affairs, it is best to avoid an encounter with duct tape. Today I was not so fortunate. Someone somewhere is in a bloody fight … Continue reading →

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How to Turn Apple Crates into Tractor Weights.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

What are tractor weights? They are weights you hang on a tractor. They help balance things out, like ballast in a boat. That’s because a farm tractor is not really rolling through a field; it is floating. Especially when you … Continue reading →

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A Caterpillar in Siberia?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Out for a ski around the dwarf orchard. Happened upon this little fellow. How did he get here? Where was he going? Don’t give up on him after 45 seconds, he keeps motoring! I picked up the camera when the … Continue reading →

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How to Tow Your Backhoe with Your Backhoe; How Your Mind Works.

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

A likeable fact about the backhoe – it can be up when it is down. If you blow a front tire while you are working in the field, you don’t need to haul your irons and wrenches to the site. … Continue reading →

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Balto Bonks the Camera.

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Balto is a fine specimen of priss. The finest in the land. He won’t sneak off with your slippers; roll in a skunky carcass; steal the cat’s dinner; or otherwise break farm rules. He is solicitous and respectful, submissive yet … Continue reading →

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