Category: Community
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Cheery Day
We had help to vaccinate and evaluate the ram lambs. They’re culinary students on their farm-to-table externship, learning where the food really comes from. Prompt: Welcome the new week (and holiday in the US) by making a bright, cheery photo outdoors and posting it today. Continue reading
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Shepherds
This is the portrait of Ken and me taken by JT. He’s doing a series on the farmers who grow food in this valley. He hopes to make these into a book. I had no idea how to do the picture-of-a-picture until I saw us hanging from the trees at the Harvest Festival today. Prompt:… Continue reading
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Common Here
We have a number of elk ranches here. These signs are all over their fences. I tried to get the big bull in the background, but he wouldn’t cooperate. Prompt: Make a photograph that features a sign of some sort today – maybe a stop sign, maybe an information sign, or maybe an advert. Continue reading
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Off to Wales!
While Ken stayed home to care for the farm, I headed off to Wales again to continue my judge training. The goal is to become an approved judge for Black Welsh Mountain sheep eventually. My journey started with an uneventful flight from Grand Junction to Dallas. Next, I flew overnight from Dallas to London Heathrow,… Continue reading
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6
Ok, so this is late. When I saw the assignment, I knew the photo I wanted to take, but life intervened. We didn’t get down to town until July 29th. This is one of the posters on the wall at our local pub, Revolution Brewing. Today’s theme is the number six. Make a photograph of… Continue reading
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Weighing the Hay
All of the first-cutting hay is in. John came down to weigh some bales so that we could pay for it. We buy the hay by weight, not by the bale. The first cut ended up being 664 bales, or 19.3 tons. During good years, we usually get about 45 tons of hay from the… Continue reading
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Yarn and Winter Knits
We got the yarn back from our local wool mill in Palisade. I had pure Black Welsh in bulky and sport weight, blended Black Welsh and Polypay in bulky, and some pure Polypay in bulky and sport weight. They all came out looking very nice. I want to make a hat for Joe Sperry from… Continue reading
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Meat Delivery
We picked up the next batch of kolbassi today. Now, there will be plenty of brats for Revolution Brewing this summer. Continue reading
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Cherry Days at the Museum
These are the American Legion flags on the bridge into town. Our museum park is next to the road. We held an ice cream social selling root beer floats and cookies as a fundraiser over the past two days. Prompt: It’s Independence Day in the U.S. (fireworks!). Make a photo with celebration as the theme,… Continue reading
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Independence Day
It’s the third of July. Our town has flags out on the main bridge. I love looking at them. We’re getting ready for farm tours, so I have signs out to talk to people about our livestock protection dogs. Continue reading