Category: Community
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Gifford in Pink
Thursday is our regular day to deliver eggs to the brewery. Fortunately, there was a high school game going on, and everyone was asked to wear pink instead of the school colors. I don’t do pink, so I was glad to see Tom Gifford there to serve as our subject. Prompt: October is breast cancer… Continue reading
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First Five
When we restored our 1927 kit house on the farm, we found these bottles of wine in the basement. They were some of the very first commercial wines made in Colorado. We had a wine party with our winery neighbors and opened them. Surprisingly, the red wines were not very good, but the whites had… Continue reading
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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
