Tuesday, October 5, 2010

10/02/10 - Saturday evening

Cliff's awesome truck looking quite rural

My handsome brother unloading the egg cooler from the Green City trailer.

Dad tilling up the sudan grass with a big borrowed tractor and disk...green fertilizer.

I took these after we got back from market and used them for the whole weekend worth of daily photos.

~Christina

9/30/10 - Wild and Free

This post was also queued up quite some time ago. The wild sunflowers made me smile every time I passed them during the fall months.

~Christina...who has a deeper love for sunflowers since they adorned her wedding with loveliness

9/28/10 - A boat...really?

I have had this picture post in the queue for over a month and didn't even realize it. The boat picture was me wondering one day why so many farmers seem to have a boat in the back forty.

Since that time the boat has been taken care of and is no longer cluttering up the landscape...makes me super glad I took the picture when I did.

~Christina...who just doesn't get it sometimes

Catch up pictures

I was sick and working and just gave up. I stopped taking pictures for about a week because I just couldn't handle one more thing. I felt really bad about it though...guilty and upset because I was letting the 365 Days project lapse. I really do want to make it through the whole year but I have come to a couple of conclusions.

There will be days when pictures don't get taken. This is especially true as the days get shorter and it is mostly dark out when I get to the farm. That is just part of our farm year and this project will reflect that.

I am also going to get sick sometimes and I will likely to continue to be overwhelmed by all I have to do. That also is a part of our life here and will be reflected in the final results of the project.

I may, when I have the opportunity, take several different images on one day and stretch them over several days on here. I will try and make that clear when I post.

This group of images was all taken on September 27th and will stand in for the week I didn't shoot. :)

Nothing like morning sun after a heavy dew. I cannot get over the wonderful scenery every morning as I drive to work.

Chestnuts are so intriguing.

Apple drops make us sad but they are just a part of farming fruit.

More of that awesome light in the field behind one of the apple orchards.

Because the temperatures have cooled considerably apples can sit in bins outside if need be. That is very much unlike many summer fruits that must be put in the cooler right away. This allows us to grow and sell a much larger quantity of apples.

~Christina...who needs to get going so she is not late for work!

9/18/10 - Cider Time

A fall market picture. This was our second week to have cider...it is a great seller and fabulously delicious.

~Christina...who happens to enjoy apple cider

9/17/10 - Fungus among us

Sometimes the small seemingly insignificant things in life can be important.
I saw this mushroom out in the grass and laid down flat to get this perspective. From a standing position it looks like nothing but a white spot.

~Christina

Monday, October 4, 2010