Desert Weyr Blog
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Weather and Grass at Great Tre Rhew
At Great Tre Rhew Farm, I helped move sheep across a grazed field onto new pastures. The grass is sparse because there hasn’t been nearly enough rain this year in that part of Wales. As a farmer, I know weather is one of the most important parts of my life. These ewes are mules and… Continue reading
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Welsh Garden
This lovely garden is in the entrance to the Great Tre Rhew B&B. The Beavan family were stars of the BBC’s Lambing Live TV show, and I was privileged to spend a couple of days with them on my trip through the UK. Prompt: How does your garden grow? Make a photo of something growing… Continue reading
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Beautiful Pasture
It figures. The one day I really wanted a nice Mt. Lamborn shot, it’s been cloudy all day! Fortunately, the most beautiful sight is a pasture with plenty of feed and a flock of happy sheep. Prompt: Beauty is all around us. Make a photo of some naturally occurring beauty in your area today. Continue reading
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Yoda the Sheep and Pasture
Yoda looks particularly majestic today. He’s doing well for an old sheep. He’s in the front pear orchard pasture with a few other sheep. Continue reading
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Mowing
We got the field mowed, just in time for rain. Prompt: Go anti-bokeh today. Use a large depth of field (higher aperture numbers) today to tell a story on multiple layers. Continue reading
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Yoda the Sheep
This is Yoda, our pet wether. He is now an elderly sheep at 9 years of age. He was a bottle baby and was destined to be someone’s pet, but they never came to get him. By then, he was too much a part of our lives to put him in the freezer. Now he… Continue reading
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We’re Ready for Racks
It’s the end of July, and both poles are installed. The first of the brackets and racks that hold the solar panels are in place, too. Continue reading
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Porch
We don’t have any pavement up here. The closest we have is the concrete on the porch and the pier, which holds up the roof covering it. Prompt: Pavement comes in many flavors: asphalt, concrete, bricks, stones. Make a photo of some pavement you see today. Continue reading
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Poles and Brackets Are Started
We moved the second pole into position today for the new solar system. Here are some photos of the installation process. Here, we’re mixing mortar and adding brackets. Continue reading
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Erecting the First Pole
Things dried out enough to continue work today. After some initial filling of the holes, we ran wire and conduit from the poles to the hay barn. Below is a view of where the metal pole will fit into the plastic pipe sleeve. Here’s the process of getting the first pole into place. Once the… Continue reading