Post by: jwboyd on October 13, 2003, 03:31:05 PM
Could we have some details? Thanks!
Post by: jepinto on October 13, 2003, 05:19:13 PM
Post by: RobW on October 13, 2003, 05:44:49 PM
Is that a picture of an "organic farm"?? 
Post by: RHPConsult on October 14, 2003, 12:49:02 AM
News Note:
Just down that gravel road this scene took place the other day . . . when, upon entering the local country store, Kelly noticed on the glass door a sign reading, "Danger! Beware of Dog".
Inside, he saw a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register. So he asked the store manager, "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that's him," he replied.
Kelly couldn't help but be amused. "That certainly doesn't look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I put up that sign, people kept tripping over him."
Post by: Gregg on October 14, 2003, 12:48:29 PM
Post by: gapstr on October 14, 2003, 01:55:00 PM
Seriously, wherever it is, it does look like many of the farms around here.
A. G.
Post by: Peter on October 14, 2003, 02:27:23 PM
I'll guess somewhere in the eastern, upper midwest- Ohio or Illinois?
Single grain bin suggests a small farm- since the 1980s the number of small farms in the US has dropped in half.
By the looks of the barns probably not a dairy.
looks like several freshly planted wheat fields, or freshly harvested soybean fields.
Also appears to be several Alfalfa fields in the picture- the one in the foreground appears to be an older establishment that has not be very well cared for- there is a weedy patcha bout a third of the way across
So- How close am I?
Oh Yeah- Great picture
Peter
Post by: Gary S on October 14, 2003, 03:55:41 PM
Nice pic.
Post by: bobw on October 14, 2003, 04:59:46 PM
Take a ride out through Lancaster County, PA and you'll see scenes like this.
Post by: jepinto on October 14, 2003, 06:52:08 PM
Post by: Epaminondas on October 14, 2003, 07:17:14 PM
Post by: RHPConsult on October 14, 2003, 08:03:24 PM
No self-respecting Illini I know would ever think of Illinois as "upper, eastern, Midwest". But we are a forgiving people . . . even of New Yorkers!!
Buckeyeland, well, maybe!
Post by: June Drabek on October 14, 2003, 08:56:14 PM
Post by: RobW on October 15, 2003, 06:06:41 AM
QUOTE(bobw @ Oct 14 2003, 5:59 PM)
RobW
Take a ride out through Lancaster County, PA and you'll see scenes like this.
Take a ride out through Lancaster County, PA and you'll see scenes like this.
Actually, there are many areas of Pennsylvania that look like that. (My wife is from a very small rural community.) Remember the great line from James Carville about Pennsylvania--"Take away Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and you have Alabama."
But none of those areas are in South Philly. Great picture!
Post by: snuffysbluff on October 15, 2003, 06:42:52 AM
Kelly may be more familiar with Flatland farming.
Don't see a privy either.
I have 4 of those big blue spruce trees, though. #@$&!! needles.
Post by: Mrious_be on October 15, 2003, 12:29:07 PM
Oh... i just wish it was my backyard
Looks romantic
Post by: snuffysbluff on October 15, 2003, 09:33:19 PM
QUOTE(sneakers @ Oct 15 2003, 12:11 PM)
This is a place off Highway 20 east of Highway 35 on the way to Voorhies, Iowa. A shot taken many, many moon ago.
Went to my niece's graduation from Wartburg college a couple of years ago. Cum Laude in computer graphics now working as a pharmicists' assistant in Michigan...go figure.
This is not off topic...it's close to Voorhies and lots of farms.
Post by: Gregg on October 16, 2003, 07:48:10 AM
Post by: snuffysbluff on October 16, 2003, 01:11:24 PM
Post by: kelly on October 18, 2003, 08:10:41 AM
Voorhies is in Black Hawk County. Same as Waterloo. Iowa.
http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/maps/iowa_map.html
I'm in Johnson County. South of that.
Post by: themagpie on October 18, 2003, 05:33:50 PM
Margie