Various editors over the years have been responsible for Farm Side titles...or headlines...or whatever you would call them. Some have been incredibly creative and fun and left me laughing until tears ran down my face.
This week's is a pretty good one and I thank whoever came up with it.
Without further ado:
Waiting for the Puffball Fairy.
Nice article! I remmeber the first time I saw a really large puffball instead of those little tiny golfball sized things that appear in suburban lawns. It was a good 10" in diameter and looked more like a volleyball. Totally amazing! Never did get to taste it, however. Someone else on the bird walk with me had seen it first and took it home without sharing. :-(
ReplyDeleteAs for New Zealand dairy farming and Harvard...I hope it works out better than their current venture: the US Goveernment. THAT Harvard has managed to screw up royally. Hey, at least they both (dairy farming and government) have the same by-product.
Love your photos! Was that ice on the first one?
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Nice post, 3C - and a cute headline.
ReplyDeleteWe took a hike about three weeks ago and found a nice-sized puffball in the woods. Knowing how much my mother likes them, we stopped at her house on the way home and let her cut off a hunk.
By the time we got home, though, I wasn't in any condition to stand and cook, so we left our share for the next day. Do not do this. When I started slicing, it stunk to high heaven and was a funky yellow color, inside and out. I tossed it.
Moral of the story: Puff balls do not keep.
Lovely ethereal photo! You find the most sparkling gems amidst the mud, breakdowns, and thieves.
ReplyDeleteHa!! I think NW said it best.
ReplyDeleteIncredible images this past week, TC.
Autumn seems a lot more interesting!!
The first photo is incredible! Great article but then you always have a gift with words.
ReplyDeleteFirst pic is pretty awesome. Nice article!
ReplyDeleteJoated, thank you. They are amazing, especially because they appear so quickly. I am genuinely puzzled by the NZ dairy purchase, although thanks to market manipulation here in the USA they are paid more there than we are. lol on the by product. You got that one right!
ReplyDeleteLinda, thank you...just a little moisture, dew or rain, I can't remember
aka, thank you. Yeah, they spoil really fast and when they are gone they are GONE
NW, thank you. It is a little ornamental grass I grew from seed this year. It only had one flowering head, but it is so pretty. I have to move it because it is in a bucket and will surely freeze.
STeve, thank you. We are finally having a bit of decent weather and I am very grateful
Linda, thank you very kindly
Lisa, and thank you as well. Your new pond looks pretty cool.