It's a hot summer day...
full of cherries and hay.
Nature photo of the day: haystack with birch brace.
Have you ever seen a haystack like this?
Maybe yes and probably no. But chances are you’ll never see it again - and if traditions continue to change like the wind, you may not be seeing it in the near future either. It’s not just AI that’s affecting the world, it’s the adoption of ease in all aspects of life, including, but never limited to agriculture.
When the last haystack has been lovingly made by scythe and hand, then hauled to the barn, finally ending up in the manure pile, what will happen to the rural landscape?
More on that tomorrow…
We know, sometimes it’s hard to care when the traditions aren’t yours. But what if your long-held and time-honored traditions fell away with the turn of technology? You’d be thinking twice about how a haystack used to be built.
And when you search for the knowledge online, all you’d get is a painting of rural life lived long (or not so long) ago.
haystacks stand alone or in groups in meadows and fields wonderful shapes and sizes formed by hand sculpted by the wind no two are the same yet they are all beautiful for they have been made as they were many moons ago plain and thoughtful tall and proud some keeling over waiting for time to pass - Csermely
As for the journal prompt of the day:
What made me smile in nature this week?
You don’t have to do anything more than get outdoors to discover beauty in nature. Find an hour this weekend to get outside and notice everything around. Seek out a feature of nature you don’t usually take note of and make a mental note for future reference of what you saw.
This week the tiny zucchinis in my garden made me smile. I'm very grateful to have the space and possibilty to garden and plant food. It's also amazing that out of a tiny seed there can grow such a huge plant that will feed us and part of which we will can. Thank you for reminding me to be grateful for the nature around me!!