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Tommy Tales: July

July 11, 2010

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As most of you know, I am fond of getting other people to paint the fence around here. One of the people I’ve been trying to recruit for a long time now is young Tommy. He gets out and about even more than I do, and on the evidence, has even more fun. Looky here: […]

The gentleman farmer, the potato leaf hopper and the midnight burrower

July 10, 2010

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Before I ring the bell, I always stop to admire the view.  I was back at Bob Haack’s chestnut orchard on Friday morning, catching up on progress and trying to keep the Fundamentals of Chestnut Husbandry straight.  (Bob, you will recall, is a Forest Entomologist at the day job and a Chestnut Grower at home.)  You would think […]

Tommy knows: Thumbs up for the good stuff

July 9, 2010

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Tommy’s Mom took this photo during the Fathers Day Fly-in at the Torchport. I loved it, and asked if I could post it. She said yes. Now I’m off to photograph the chestnut orchard. Back later.

July gallery

July 7, 2010

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Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I thought that you might enjoy these images of this morning’s walk. Keep cool out there.

Hayfields of Antrim

July 7, 2010

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Is there anything more beautiful than fat bales of hay waiting out in the field on a late afternoon? I can’t drive past without stopping. As I am having a terrible time constructing the post about Snowflake, I thought I would cobble this together to hold you until I can recover my focus.

Moonset over the Bay and a fluffy critter

July 3, 2010

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Have a lovely day, whether you’re going to the beach, grilling on the deck, reading in a hammock or working really, really hard as many people in the Township are on this busiest weekend of the year. I hope the long evening, after you get off work, is just as pretty as the morning was […]