agrarian – Black and White

equus caballus

once upon a time my job took me all over the beautiful county of Albemarle, windshield time, visual surprise around every corner.

Franklin County

Chevrolet? Parked in the corn.

Auctions

50 cent per head charge for livestock weighed which is not consigned for sale through market
to avoid complaints watch livestock being weighed

white guys — Tobacco auction

Estate auction, 1970’s

Mortgage lifter, beeves

tobacco warehouse — 1972 +/-, tobacco auction, Petersburg, Virginia. Nicotiana tabacum! Folklore 101, doing field work for a Chuck Perdue class.

cattle auction — Madison Livestock Market.

Rosni Farm

16mm frame from winter feeding, Rosni Farm, Madison County Virginia, 1977. At the time Rosni had the oldest registered herd of Holsteins in the state. More photos here.

Milky Way Farms

cow and calf — Who makes life sized Holstein figurines? Great to live in a place where the cow and calf are not stolen from the front yard.

twilight walk

silhouette — Scott and the tree next to Sammy’s rock, soybean field, Fauquier County, Virginia

Long shadows, short days

man and dog shadow — 10:05 day length

Ecoman

brief visit in Slabtown by ecoman... — brief visit in Slabtown by ecoman… Heartened to hear that Virginia republicans do not support the President’s proposed cuts to the Chesapeake Bay project.

room with a view

bluebird house — Installed bluebird houses #4 and 5, built by Clark Walter following Carl Little’s design. 100% occupancy last year.

Of all the birds a gardener could choose to attract, the bluebird is the quintessential helpful garden bird.
Gardeners go to extreme lengths to attract and keep them in the garden for their advantageous properties. Bluebirds are voracious insect consumers, quickly ridding a garden of insect pests–Wikipedia