Mary had accepted Simon’s proposal but when the big day came she had reservations. She looked less than happy and eyed her soon-to-be husband sideways.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Marriage Proposal
Tag: hay bales
Three Agricultural Trios
Heavy traffic on the field
Fun in the field (a few years ago)
Quiet in the field
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Bucolic Scene
Wordless Wednesday
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I’m a Fan of Hay Bales
It might be an odd subject for the middle of winter but I came upon these weatherproof hay bales during the little bit of snow we had recently. And it reminded me of other winters and packed and sealed bales of hay.
Of course, plastic, plastic everywhere these days and the bales are wrapped up and stacked right after the hay being cut.
What used to be manual labour is done by a bale press nowadays. Almost uniform bricks of hay are already pressed in the meadow or huge round bales driven through the village to the barn.
Storks and egrets and herons follow the bale presses for immediate and delayed rewards.
The bales are left in the fields for a while or stacked in the barn.
Stragglers like this lonely bale are shown the way by Karl, the haystack dummy.
Good things come to those who wait. And even the stork is rewarded for its patience.
Puzzling plastic
It’s plastic, all right, but WHAT is it?
Bales of hay, wrapped up for storage. It seems to be a good way to do that or why else would one see them everywhere? Non-agriculturally minded me is wondering though, if the plastic is really necessary?
Linked to Friday Fun: Plastic.
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