Enchanting Essex

Tag: agriculture

  • Rust and Red

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    Rust and Red Old and rusty, dressed in red,A peaceful field its favourite bed.With a rumbling heart and a steady drive,Doug’s vintage Massey thirty-five. It’s worked the soil and felt the sun,A lifetime’s work that’s never done.Though years have given it a weathered grace,No newer tractor could take its place. ’Til next time, y’all…

  • Midsummer Rural Ramble

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    We are smack dab in the middle of summer and yesterday, even with the scorching heat, it was just too pretty to stay home. There is an undeniable allure in slowing down and leaving the main roads behind.  Choosing to trace the rural farm routes is, for me, the perfect way to unplug and experience…

  • Sunday Stills: The Power of Three — Triads in Agriculture

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    My Cam, a bona fide farmer himself, always marvels (read: chuckles) at how a city girl — through and through — like me, became such a lover and admirer of farmers, farms and everything they entail.  But I do.  Very slow, leisurely rural rambles, at all times of the year, are one of my favourite…

  • Lens-Artists Challenge:  Foreground, Middle Ground, Background

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    First, a confession:  I am utter crap at the technical aspect of photography.  I know the basics, know my DSLR and its lenses inside-out, know what I like, but beyond that….  For me, the benefit of this challenge was an awareness of my artistic shortcomings.  I realize that in many (too many?) shots, there is…

  • Smitten with Silos

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    Silos, especially the older ones, call to me.  They’re often the most visible landmarks in rural areas and, to me, Silos are amongst the most graceful and symmetrically appealing architecture in rural Ontario. The etymology of the word silo is the Greek word siros which was used to describe a pit or cellar for holding…