Down on the farm -

"Hay Shed"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... there is no reason to fear the wind
if your stack of hay is well tied ..."
- Old Irish Saying

King of the barnyard -

"Billy Goat"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... one has fear in front of a goat,
in back of a mule,
and on every side of a fool ..."
- Edgar Watson Howe

They also serve -

"The Waiting"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting,
all year, all year ..."
- The Rolling Stones

Sentinel -

"Soon to the Fertile Field"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... the farmer works the soil,
the agriculturist works the farmer ..."
- Eugene F. Ware

Before the sub-division -

"Pitcher's Farm"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... when lightning strikes, the mouse
is sometimes burned with the farm ..."
- Phyllis Bottome

Expanding horizons -

"The Secret Shed"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

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Today's post is rooted in an old photograph of a farm shed that's been almost completely overgrown by weeds and second growth. After running it through the usual array of plug-ins to add a little bit of mood and darkness I used what is called the stitch tool in another photo editor to add volume. I'm not sure how well I'm going to like this since the blog automatically resizes large images and what you see here is a scaled version - click on the image to see it full size.