Desert Weyr Blog
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Shepherd’s Crook & Electric Netting
One old, one new. These are two tools I use almost daily when we start grazing the sheep. The crook can catch and direct sheep, be a gate, be a staff, and act as a leaning pole and walking stick. The netting allows us to do managed intensive grazing on our property, letting us raise… Continue reading
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Antlers
These are the skull plates from the last several years of deer we got in during hunting season. They sit on our front porch. Prompt: Pay attention to your surroundings today. Make a photo of something you walk by every day without noticing. Continue reading
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Dates or Measurements?
Is it a date or a measurement? Prompt: Make a photo that contains today’s date in it somehow. Maybe abstract representation of the numbers, or maybe literally. Continue reading
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Apple Blossoms
Finally, we may have a spring coming? Prompt: Make a photograph that illustrates the last few days of weather wherever you’ve been. Continue reading
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Apple Blossoms and Mount Lamborn
Mt. Lamborn is looking nice. It looks like it’ll be a good year for water. Our apple trees have all started blooming. My fingers are crossed that we’ll get some fruit this year. Continue reading
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Farm Graffiti
We live on a farm in a small town. We don’t have graffiti. The best I can do is the sign our contractor put up when he built our custom chicken nests for us. Prompt: Graffiti is something you can find almost anywhere. Make an interesting photograph of some graffiti and post it. Continue reading
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New Fence
This is the close-up detail of one of the gates on our new fence. Prompt: Find a grid pattern somewhere – maybe a brick sidewalk or ceiling tiles – and make a photo of an interesting slice of it. Continue reading
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New Fence Is Done, Plus Wide Loads
The new middle divider fence is finally finished. It looks wonderful! It’ll be a much better fence than our temporary welded wire one. The sheep, on the other hand, are looking like wide loads. I hope they lamb soon – they really are getting big! Continue reading
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Chicken Stir-Fry
This is a stir-fry made with our own free-range chicken and some peppers. Yummy! Prompt: Breakfast, lunch, or dinner: make a photograph of a yummy part of one of your meals today. Continue reading
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Cinco de Mayo
This is the sunrise on Cinco de Mayo. It looks like it’s going to be a very nice day today. Continue reading