On the Farm

Hello everyone! I want to apologize for the lateness of this post. These pics were taken very nearly a week ago on 4-07-2009. I found out when I got home that the date stamp on the camera had been turned on and it stamped all of the pics. It took some time sorting out the mess..but, better late than never!

I started that day with the thought of just going around the imediate area in which I live. I thought to take pics of trees and things, but there are so many farms here than you can't take a step without walking onto someone's pasture or something similar. So the day was spent visiting a few of the farms.

Budding Red - This is called a "red bud tree" by the locals. These trees are all over the hillsides. Very striking in their brilliant red spring finery. Taken around 1:55 PM EST

Blossoming Spring - Of all of the flowering trees planted up here weeping cherry trees, such as this one, are the most common. It has come to the point where you often see these blooming wild. Taken at 2:03 PM EST.

Just Beginning - These little goats are only a week old. They are a bit shy and always moving, so getting them to stay still for the camera was not easy, but we managed :). Taken at 2:27 pm EST.

Don't Mess With Mamma - In order to take a steady picture of those infant goats above, I sat on an old fashioned, large metal milk container. What I didn't know what that there was a hen who had laid her egg inside the canister. She came screaming out and hopped around making a terrible racket up on the framing there. When I finally got a decent pic of the goats I realized that the hen had come quite close and was making very threatening sounds and noises and I realized I was about to be flogged, so I stood, snapped her picture and stepped away so she could sit on her nest once more. Taken at 2:27 PM EST.

King of the Roost - This particular farm had guinea fowl...several hens and this one very striking male. The males are always more colorful than the females when it comes to birds and guineas are no exception. Taken at 2:31 PM EST.

Food?! - Ok, so they all didn't want food. Many wanted petting. Goats are remarkably affectionate animals, especially when they've been hand raised. Taken at 2:33 PM EST.

I'm Ready For My Close-Up - Very curious animals, goats. This one was intensely interested in the camera. Taken at 2:33 PM EST.

Dinner Time - This horse couldn't wait for dinner. Her head was in the bucket before all of the oats were in. Taken at 4:04 PM EST.

Strolling By - The other horse insisting that he was going to eat from the same bucket. Took a couple a minutes to convince him that he had his own dinner a not far away. Taken at 4:04 PM EST.

The Homestead - This is one of the most beautiful homesteads in the area, very well kept and everything in just the right place. It took a bit of time to catch the person at home that day to get permission to take this picture. Taken at 4:23 PM EST.

In the Fields - Such a lovely barn here. It's small in this pic, not my intention, but the whole scene was lovely so I took a panorama which Wildstar pieced together for me. Taken at 4:41 PM EST.

Moooo! - There were several cows in this field. Only this one stopped and stared for a while so I could take her picture. Taken at 4:46 PM EST.

That's it for now, my friends. Since this was so long in coming the next set will not be far behind. I need to catch up lol. No more date stamps!