This old Dodge B-Series pickup (1948 to 1953) doesn’t seem to have any ‘pick up and go’ at the moment, just the way I feel sometimes on the dark, rainy days.
Old Dodge Truck
Picture of the Day for June 18, 2013
The back end of an old potato planter is a good continuation of the ‘old’ week. With the unusual wet spring, the horse drawn equipment had a better chance of getting into the field than the big tractors.
Old Planter
Picture of the Day for June 17, 2013
Since I used an old truck picture yesterday, I figured it was time for an older barn picture. This barn caught my eye since it is quite different from the barns around my area so I had to backup to take this barn shot. Even the silo was different with the pretty stone base under the concrete stave structure.
Red Framed Windows Barn
Picture of the Day for May 30, 2013
A red barn against the white snow presents a striking scene, but I think I prefer the green with the red look instead. And I like the old barns which time has shaped and given them interesting characteristics.
Old Red and Green
Picture of the Day for May 24, 2013
A field of dandelions can actually look pretty in the spring time by adding yellow color against the new green grass. The part I hate is when they turn white and the seeds start blowing in my face. But I suppose the finches and other birds are happy to have the seeds to eat and the bees like the nectar and pollen.
Dandelions are thought to have evolved about thirty million years ago in Eurasia and probably arrived in North America on the Mayflower – not as stowaways, but brought on purpose for their medicinal benefits.
That weed most are trying to get rid of, are more nutritious than most of the vegetables in your garden and are among the most expensive items in the grocery store. The roots are dried and sold as a no-caffeine coffee substitute – for $31.75 a pound.
Whether you love them or hate them, dandelions are, quite possibly, the most successful plants that exist; masters of survival worldwide.
Field of Yellow
Picture of the Day for May 20, 2013
After the storm moves through and the rain stops, the cows and calves leave the shelter of the barn and resume grazing and playing in the pasture.
After the Storm
Picture of the Day for May 19, 2013
Watching a pasture of frolicking calves is a perfect way to spend a warm Sunday afternoon, especially when they race around the pasture and butt heads with each other.
Frolicking Calves
Picture of the Day for May 9, 2013
The snow has finally melted and this old barn is probably happy it doesn’t have the heavy snow on its roof anymore. Instead the grass is greening up and the barn might eventually get a new crop of hay under its roof.
Barn Ready for Summer
Picture of the Day for April 29, 2013
With several nice days, most of the snow has melted and it feels good to be able to finally open the windows after a long winter. I think everyone, including the critters, has spring fever and I bet the kids would rather play hookey and play outside in the sunshine than to be stuck in a classroom today.
But I think this old school hasn’t had any children playing hooky in a long time. When I drove past it yesterday, I could picture kids, with their metal lunch pails, eating lunch and playing outside during recess. But now the sounds of laughing children have vanished from the school yard and its memories crumbling away like the building and soon will be erased from the landscape.
Old Rural Schoolhouse
Picture of the Day for April 26, 2013
The sun is out, snow is melting and it might actually warm up to a normal temperature today, but there won’t be any dry, green grass for the new calves to sleep on. Instead just cold snow and yucky mud awaits the calves first adventures into the world.
New Calves
