CGrindahl wrote:
Yes, I do... and practice has been that at least a LINK could be provided... though we have made exceptions when we've shared photos from yesteryear and I think this surely qualifies as a reasonable exception... Come on buddy. If you don't do it I'll have to search it out on Facebook and provide a link... Inquiring minds and all.
^^^ This!!!!
Happy anniversary L&B!! And a very Happy Birthday to all our BD Boyz !!!!!!
Thank you Samy. It is days like this, being outside in the garden, feeling the sun on my back and hearing the children play, I hope to save for the cold and dark days.
Thanks for sharing the link, Leighton! And happy anniversary to you!
CGrindahl wrote:
So that good looking guy is the one now LOST in those grey whiskers? Lord have mercy on us all because that is what comes with the years...
Thanks for doing the right thing and marrying that woman... and for posting the link that proves it actually happened.
I was reading Barbara's post on the farm website and she said this has been a difficult year in terms of production. I know from all the farmer's in my extended family that it is a tough business not simply because the work is challenging, but also because you're eternally at the mercy of mother nature.
I spoke to a young woman at the farmer's market today from our favorite seller commenting on visiting their website and Instagram page. I observed that it seems like a wonderful place to work and she said it is, but it is also very HARD work, which no doubt it is. This is the farm I sent the link for.
Chatting with another fellow we've bought from before about Sue's brother and his efforts in farming. I joked as he cut open a melon to share with us that he was eating the profits. He said, "what profits?" He joked that every happy farmer has a wife working in town to support the family...
Thanks again for the link and definitely happy anniversary to you both... another September celebration...
This weekend was WWI Dawn Patrol at NMUSAF. Replica WWI aircraft and radio controlled aircraft were in the air and on the ground. Skies were overcast and clouds had no texture to them at all, our typical winter clouds.
I haven't shot too much with my manual focus Nikkors this summer, but do have a few of the thoroughbreds, jockeys and handlers (made with the 50/1.2) from the last weekend at Del Mar.
Well quit horsing around and get back to shooting!
Nice horse shots
Foggy14 wrote:
Hi, gang! I hope everyone is doing well.
I haven't shot too much with my manual focus Nikkors this summer, but do have a few of the thoroughbreds, jockeys and handlers (made with the 50/1.2) from the last weekend at Del Mar.
In a followup to the brief exchange I had with Chin about watermelon, Sue cracked open a melon we bought yesterday and it turned out to have yellow flesh. I mentioned the conversation here and she clarified her relationship with those melons. The flesh is not quite as sweet as the red watermelon so she is inclined to use the yellow when making a smoothy. She gave me a small glass of the concoction that includes in addition to the watermelon, some celery and a bit of cilantro. It was ambrosia!
Then we did a heirloom tomato tasting. Honestly folks, if you're not visiting local farmers' markets and taking advantage of the incredible produce available, you're really missing out. The three tomatoes we tasted were amazing. The only tomatoes that come even close to being that good came from the market near me that sells only organic produce. They also mark every product so you know where it was produced AND how many miles from the market that farm is. This time of the year they will have heirloom tomatoes produced by local farmers, but at a 30 to 40% premium over the cost at the farmers market.
Hats off to Leighton who has for so many years managed Staunton's Saturday farmers market. What a great service to the folks in the Shenandoah Valley.
It is my intention on my birthday, which is this Thursday in case folks were planning on sending gifts... to visit the smaller farmers' market with camera in hand. There is no reason Leighton should be having all the fun... so I'll actually have some photos to post on the thread...
Yes! The red ones are often sweeter. And I often get the seedless ones because letting the little one have a mouthful of seeds is just, well, you can imagine him training a gatling gun at the poor dog.
If I do buy the yellow one, I'd stand at the kitchen counter digging them out one by one. How does Sue make a smoothie with all the seeds in?
Zichar wrote:
Yes! The red ones are often sweeter. And I often get the seedless ones because letting the little one have a mouthful of seeds is just, well, you can imagine him training a gatling gun at the poor dog.
If I do buy the yellow one, I'd stand at the kitchen counter digging them out one by one. How does Sue make a smoothie with all the seeds in?
