Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge
We went photographing the other day. It was definitely a farm day. Not all farms are equally friendly to guests and some of these pictures require no further explanation.
It was certainly an interesting day for shooting, from the super-friendly Ironshoe Farm to the farm around the block where they are always friendly and by the way, do you need a kitten or half a dozen?
And then, there was the other one.
Kitten anyone?
The contemplation of photography
Not all farms are as friendly as others. This one, not so much …
Probably not so friendly
Does this sign mean “weapon”?
Farm stand at Ironshoe Farm
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Wonder what happened to the “sippin’ liquor” stand?
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Outdoor markets!! They’re like a magnet for me. Lots of great corn and fruit !
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We have a lot of them, this time of year. But soon, they will be over. There will be apple picking and then, winter.
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I’m impressed that you could read that sign….I couldn’t have. And that whole “trespassers” sign? Would have put me right off, despite the tastiness of farm fresh veggies…. I bet those peppers were a treat!!
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It’s the difference between friendly and unfriendly. Some people are just sure everyone is out to take something and others are eager to give what they have. It’s an attitude thing.
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We were probably being watched inside by the fella in overalls with a shotgun.
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Garry, what a great eye you have for odd balls. 😀 😀
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Garry has an exceptional eye for oddballs, I think it’s from reporting. He looks for things that appear “out of place” or different. And of course both he and Ben INSTANTLY spotted the Confederate flag (I didn’t notice it, but I was on the other end of the truck). They didn’t need to put up “no trespassing” or the other thing (weapin?) either. That stars and bar symbol makes all dark-skinned people shiver.
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The confederate flag on the license plate. The Stars and Stripes hanging nearby. covering all bases. Surprised with didn’t see the miniature Black jockey. Maybe it was in the back yard.
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Thanks, Cee. AGAIN, A holdover from my working days. I always looked for scenes that told a story without words. I remember doing a “water use limited— strictly enforced”. Story. Fella swore he was abiding with regulation. I saw his freshly hosed front lawn with rivulets of water forming large pools. We ran his interview with that video. No words needed from me. The fella received a visit from the local law.
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Some good produce there for sale, I guess it’s that time of year.
Leslie
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I love veggies in the summer. They are all local and they are SO good. The rest of the year, we get “imports” from California or Florida and by the time they get here, they are old and tired. So we eat a ton of vegetables in the summer. Not so much the rest of the year.
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same here…
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Leslie, ‘tis the season for locally grown fresh veggies and fruit. I passed a “natural peaches” sign on a local road today.
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Garry I wish I could send you some of our tomatoes and zucchini. The zucchini are as big as a baseball bat.
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Leslie, BIGLY Zucchini.
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gigantic and we eat them almost every meal…..along with a tomato or two…..
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It looks like some varmint in a pickup truck took a shot at that sign and blasted the first few letters off of it, dagnabbit.
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I still wonder who wrote the sign. Richardson is one of the two local well diggers and is generally not regarded as illiterate … WEAPIN? Really?
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I think the first letter or two is missing from that sign given the big missing chunk. I was thinking it may have originally said “Sweeping,” though that doesn’t really make sense either.
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Some good photos of Marilyn, and love the shots of the veg at the farm
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We all took very similar pictures. One of them, all three of us took exactly the SAME picture. I figure there was only one good place to stand and get the farm and silo without a ton of machinery, too. Because all three shots are essentially identical. Garry’s is from a little further back, but it’s still the same angle and everything. Three such eagle-eyes as we could not have accidentally taken that picture so it must have been the only good place to stand and shoot!
With a WEAPIN?
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Thanks, Pat. I loved all the animals who were so friendly and cooperative. The cats and kittens had been hiding in the barn. They came out when I beckoned to them.
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