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Posted by: lousyfocus, 2:47 PM GMT en Mayo 15, 2012

There are multiple highlights during every visit to Quiet Valley Farm (QVF). Certainly the big red barn (BRB) is one of them -----> 1

Link to blog (Where captions are), appears beneath thumbnails on pages of album.

BRB on left; corn crib on right, above. Corn crib on left; BRB on right, below -----> 2

When I visited QVF March 24, 2012, it was "Spring Clean-Up Day" - which even the critters hurried to get to -----> 3

...or so I imagined -----> 4

There was also evidence of -human- participation in Spring Clean-Up at QVF -----> 5

For example, Gary was manning the power washer, thoroughly dousing wheelbarrows -----> 6

....and a rope machine -----> 7

.....and picnic table benches -----> 8

.....and wheelbarrows -----> 9

Later, Rich aimed the power washer at a wagon -----> 10

Not just the back of the wagon (above); and the front of front the wagon (below) -----> 11

But also all points in-between -----> 12

Allen was critter-comber and leaf-blower extraordinaire -----> 13

David was rake-master -----> 14

Suzanne was carriage-polisher -----> 15

...assisted by Florence ------> 16

At this point I begin hallucinating - imagining that the critters were participating in the clean-up, too -----> 17

.....that the sheep were scouring the meadow ---> 18

.....that Janie was cleaning up the pasture -----> 19

.....that the chickens were... -----> 20

.....well... -----> 21

.....everywhere -----> 22

Even Schultz, the pig, tidied up a bit -----> 23

But after all, he's a pig, so his tidying was brief -----> 24

Some critters wanted very much to participate in Spring Clean-Up -----> 25

.....but others of their kind (goats) seemed to realize that their joining in was just not going to be allowed -----> 26

Well...at least this one managed a smile for the camera -----> 27

How about showing some teeth with that smile? -----> 28

No! Not the just left-side teeth (above); or the right-side teeth (below) -----> 29

That's it! Toothy on -BOTH- sides! -----> 30

One of the barn cats, Dutchess, walked by - apparently taking a break -----> 31

But I don't think that Duke ever ceased his vigilant performance of -----> 32

.....pest control -----> 33

Do you think that he stuck his tongue out at me because he thought that I was being a pest? -----> 34

One of the Toulouse geese aggressively engaged in cleaning up -----> 35

.....as did Thomasina turkey -----> 36

.....who afforded this close-up view of doing a thorough job -----> 37

Tom, her "friend", didn't do much cleaning up -----> 38

.....but he was an efficient supervisor, making sure that Thomasina kept working and that she was not "bothered" by onlookers -----> 39

Frankly, I think that Thomasina has a crush on Tom...and it's plain to see why. He's so handsome -----> 40

And Tom seems to have a liking for Thomasina's boundless beauty (?), too -----> 41

The goose, however, can't imagine what they see in each other -----> 42

I did not actually see the humans who were actively sprucing up the one-room schoolhouse next to Quiet Valley Farm -----> 43

.....but evidence of their presence was both audible and visible -----> 44

When Janie saw me and my camera, she and her other equine friends headed in my direction -----> 45

After talking it over with Lori -----> 46

.....it was decided that Lori would have her picture taken first -----> 47

Lori was photographed both "wideways" (above) and "tallways" (below) -----> 48

.....then together with Janie -----> 49

Rather than a solo pose from Janie -----> 50

She was joined by her pals, Lori, left, and Sherri, center, for this "group" photo -----> 51

Perhaps, however, they thought that I was going to comb them - which they like -----> 52

.....because although I was leaving, they stuck around -----> 53

While I'm here at QVF, let's see if there's anything else that I can take pictures of. Well...right there is the northwest side of the farmhouse -----> 54

.....on the opposite side of which is the granddaddy house (left) and well (right foreground) -----> 55

That thing overhead - a "sweep" - holds and lowers a bucket into the well...then raises it when it's full of water -----> 56

A wide-angle lens was used for the picture below, so that the scene would include the springhouse (right) -----> 57

This four-wheeled, horse-drawn buggy (which I am most likely to be loaded into) is a manure-spreader -----> 58

The ice-house at Quiet Valley Farm was empty after a warm winter, and also became "photo fodder" -----> 59

Besides the BRB, there are other barn-type structures at QVF, too, such as this "open front" model -----> 60

And near every barn, there's usually a fence -----> 61

Hark! Do I hear water dripping? -----> 62

This is spring water which constantly trickles because of being gravity-induced -----> 63

To conclude this visit to QVF, my thoughts turned from "Spring Clean-Up" to "Farm Animal Frolic", details of which can be learned by copying, pasting & going to this address ----->

http://www.quietvalley.org/programs/specialevents /frolic/frolic.htm

After looking at many of the critters... -----> 64

I wondered, "Are you pregnant?" -----> 65

I think -she- is -----> 66

All she did during the entirety of my visit -----> 67

.....was stare out her picture window -----> 68

.....and sleep -----> 69

Howzabout a few more pictures of that big red barn? -----> 70

.....from farther... -----> 71

.....and farther away -----> 72

...until finally heading in another direction, thankful to have entered the gates of Quiet Valley Farm -----> 73

This blog is dedicated to the fond memories of Sherri, who entered horse heaven just a few days after Spring Clean-Up.

This is my 45th photo/blog, 3 of which have pertained to Quiet Valley Farm. Those 3 blogs can be viewed by copying, pasting and going to these addresses ----->

http://classic.wunderground.com/blog/lousyfocus/c omment.html?entrynum=40

http://classic.wunderground.com/blog/lousyfocus/c omment.html?entrynum=11

http://classic.wunderground.com/blog/lousyfocus/c omment.html?entrynum=18

Thank you to this first-class website for providing this free blog space. Thank you if you liked what I did. And please smile often :>)

Kim

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1. MissKitty2 4:18 AM GMT en Mayo 23, 2012
Another wonderful, funny, enjoyable visit to Quiet Valley Farm. I think it's great that all the animals jumped in and helped with the Spring cleaning too. :) Of course, your commentary was delightful, as usual, and kept me smilin' through all 73 photos. I LOVE ALL of the animals and you bring them to life with such humor. Thanks for the trip back to Quiet Valley, Kim. Been much too long between blogs. (Hint, hint) Member Since: Junio 17, 2009 Posts: 1 Comments: 801

2. lousyfocus 2:57 PM GMT en Junio 24, 2012
Glad that you experienced the intended reaction, Helen! Thanks for what you wrote! The main attraction at this site is the supportive commenters such as yourself, followed closely by this "blog" outlet. Not allotting ample sedentary time to concoct these blogs is the reason for falling short of the goal to post blogs more frequently. It's a comfortable feeling, however, to know that there are thousands of photos in storage here that could be used with blog-writing if/when the amount of future sedentary time increases. Member Since: Octubre 20, 2009 Posts: 53 Comments: 99

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