I was driving home one day last July, and these people were making hay.
The top pic shows the windrows, and the bottom two show the tractor pulling the baler.
Haying is hard work.
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Nice photos! I've hayed a long time ago, but then in a more old fashion way ;)
Ah, and Hay is for Happy Horses, too, Huh? Great captures for the H Day, Dimple! Hope your week is going well!
Sylvia
I remember those days. We retired from farming 12 years ago. I haven't missed it since. Great post for H day.
Lovely scene - so summery ..
Good morning, Dimple. I love the peep-holes through which you involve us in the hay-making. It is a glorious smell and I love to see people working in the fields in the evening. Gorgeous photographs.
there's a lot of hay rows around here too--only we don't have all the nice trees.
Ages since last seen, felt and smelt. Thank you for the memories. Please have a good Wednesday.
daily athens
And the fragrance of the hay is so reminiscent of those long days of sunshine and haying.
Excellent capture of the haying method. It IS hard work, for sure. Nice post!
Yes, hard work and long hours for the farmers and their children. Not an easy life!
Love the hay pictures but my nose doesn't care for the hay too much. Perfect word for the letter H.
It definitely is hard work!
The farmers here are starting on their second cutting this week.
The blue tractor was a great find - so many are green. :)
Carletta @ Round The Bend
Oh it is hard work and I am terribly allergic to it. Love the blue tractor.
I wonder how those loose grasses we're turned into nice looking rounds and squares.. lovely post..
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Glad you liked the tiger babies. I always like the way that hay fields look when the baler has been there. It's always so tidy and organized.
This is certainly the season for reaping the hay that has grown all summer. Lovely shots (and I like your hobbit name, btw). :D
Nice harvest of hay!
Love the smell of fresh cut hay!
Hay. I have dreamed of hay for years -- well, almost. Yes, for years, but not exactly hay -- just straw! I've given up having my straw bale house with all the 21st century mod cons like solar power, recycling grey water, composting toilets, geothermal heating, giving back to the land the things from which we've drained it and almost killed it.
I'm getting old. I'm doing now what I should have done after school and college... traveling, seeing the world, taking my nagging guilt with me.
Hey -- great post, beautiful pictures -- sorry it sent me off on a New Age rant. Sigh.
Kay
Alberta, Canada
These are such lovely summer shots!
Nice to see that drying of hay is still used in the USA. The smell of newly dried hay was the essence of summer for me when I was a boy.
A beautiful sight seeing hay gathered like this! A that blue tractor is so cute!
talk about making hay while the sun shines!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Making hay never looked so good! You make me think of the days when I helped with "haying."
Another sign of autumn. I love it! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I always love to see a comment from you. :-)
It's that time of the year already? I like to see hay in rolls..
I used to live right next door to where some horses were and when they received their meal of hay, I used to be intoxicated by the scent...These are great photos reminding me of those days. Btw, I love your "Green Man"! :)
Hey, Hey! Great Hay Blog!
We have probably had three hayings this summmer with the early start to spring. Mostly our farmers do round bales but I love the square ones pile high on the hay wagon.
Thank you, Helen Mac, ABC team
I've never seen hay presented so beautifully!
Nice photos for both ABC Wed and Mid-week Blues.
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