One of great joys of living in a farming village is watching the seasons change and the repeating cycle of farming tasks. This last week it has been the turn of hay making. I wrote about it here last year but couldn't resist the temptation to post some more pictures of this years work.
This was the hay field before mowing - full of buttercups and grasses.
I know I'm biased but to me this is one of the best views in the world; words cannot describe just how much I love looking at it.
Mowing begins.
Hay bales drying in the sun.
The Nu checks out the quality of the farmers work - she approved.
The field was even more delightful in the golden light of the summer evening.
Look at the quality of that light - gorgeous.
In the next field over we have some equally photogenic cows to delight us.
Breathing in deeply and sighing hugely in contentment.
Sometimes it's the simplest things to be grateful for.
I love the the smell that comes off the fields here at first cut. And you're right, if one can see them from a bedroom window, as we can, then that's a bonus :)
ReplyDeleteThe smell of newly mown hay or grass drifting through the bedroom window on a warm summer night should be one of the overriding memories of childhood - for me it was the smell of freshly mown grass in the churchyard.
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