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Totem This & Totem That…

29 Wednesday Oct 2014

Posted by thegentlemanfarmer in Gentleman Farming, Seasons, Totem Hall, Totems

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art, chainsaw, farm boss, farm chores, firewood, local critters, nature, stihl, totem poles

farm boss...

farm boss…

I like my chainsaws.

I like the power.

I like the danger.

I like the dirt.

I like the sawdust.

I use them.

I use them a lot.

I chop trees down.

chop down...

chop down…

I chop trees up.

chop up...

chop up…

But

I cannot make art.

white-tailed deer totem helping to support totem hall...

white-tailed deer totem helping to support totem hall…

gopher tortoise totem helping to support totem hall...

gopher tortoise totem helping to support totem hall…

florida panther totem helping to support totem hall...

florida panther totem helping to support totem hall…

eastern diamondback rattlesnake helping to support totem hall...

eastern diamondback rattlesnake totem helping to support totem hall…

At least not with my chainsaw…

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Flower Porn – Just One

20 Friday Jun 2014

Posted by thegentlemanfarmer in Gardening, Totem Hall

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flowers, french 75's, french 78's, grill, king salmon, lilies, nature, plants, pool parties, witty banter

More than the swimming, more than my French 78’s, more than my grilled King Salmon, or my witty banter, the guests at our first pool party of the season were all about a singular flower that I had never noticed before.

i'm guessing lily...

i’m guessing lily…

I so do get it…

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Oh Those Winter Flowers

09 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by thegentlemanfarmer in Passages, Seasons, Totem Hall

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cold snap, eager anticipation, flowers, kumquats, nature, plants, winter flower, winter friends

winter flower portrait #8

winter flower portrait #8

In my part of the world, winter is fast giving way to spring, albeit without a fight.  Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen record setting rains, followed by a brutish cold snap.  Through it all, flowers bloomed here and flowers bloomed there, and not just our winter friends, the camellias.  Though they made their appearance in town, out in the country, the only ones missing from the party are our daffodils and paper whites.  The wonder and beauty of flowers, of course, is the ability to take a snip, or two, and bring that wonder and beauty inside, something I have been able to do every day this winter, which is truly a blessing.  Anyway, to celebrate another morning of freezing temperatures, and in eager anticipation of spring, I present a collection of some of our winter flowers taken out, and about, at the Hall.

winter flower portrait #6

winter flower portrait #6

winter flower portrait #4

winter flower portrait #4

winter flower portrait #17

winter flower portrait #17

okay, not a winter flower portrait, but still...

okay, not a winter flower portrait, but still…

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Fare Thee Well

20 Thursday Dec 2012

Posted by thegentlemanfarmer in Gentleman Farming, Passages, time

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animals, boon companion, hens, nature

A young Goldie faces the future...

a young goldie faces the future…

Goldie Hen died just the other day.  She was somewhere in the seven plus range, a good age for a hen.  Goldie represented our next to last link with our old home, 4601.  Now, all we have left representing the old guard is Clarabelle Poodle.  Oh well, it reminds of that last soldier standing bit.  You know the fellow who gets the bottle of whiskey when the last of his comrades receive his final marching orders.

Goldie probably died of a crop infection, which adversely affected her gizzard, which caused her to go septic.  If I was any better of a gentleman farmer, I could have figured such a thing out before her systems went all haywire.

Her passing makes me think of course of my own.  Such a short time we have, who knew?  Enjoy the moment and keep looking for the unusual, I guess.

Finally, my wife is an insanely avid photographer, 20,000 or so, and counting.  All those photos and I could just find a couple of our little hen.  She was a great friend and a boon companion.  She leaves behind some mates, of course.  Gallus will have to take the reins of lead hen.  I am sure she is up to the job.

Exit Goldie Hen...

exit goldie hen…

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Perhaps my ennui stems from David Bowie's death. I read somewhere that we should consider ourselves lucky to have lived at the same time he did. I do. Many years ago, there was a girl in my secondary school, Debbie P., who was very hip, very groovy, and very pretty. Now I attended Catholic schools and so, as you might imagine, we had to wear uniforms, except, of course, for after-school activity, and that's where I get to the point of the story. Our school was putting on its big play of the year, I had a small part, Debbie was working backstage. One evening during rehearsal she showed up wearing a Ziggy Stardust tee-shirt. I was young, naive, not hip, not groovy, and not knowing who the ambiguous Ziggy might be. During the weekend that followed that rehearsal, I went to a record store and discovered just what David Bowie was all about. It was a transforming experience. Now some forty years later, I farm, David is dead, and Debbie is into Christian rock bands. Did I say ennui...

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