After viewing a photography information video on shooting at night:
Craig Tanner's Light Diary
www.tmelive.com/
I had to try it out. (4 seconds at f2.8 ISO 1600)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Night Photo
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Another Lesson
So today I learned that it would be better to order 10 bales of hay and have them delivered in the driveway about 75 metres away from the barn and then carry the bales, or use my little red wagon, to get them to the barn on six occasions rather than order 60 bales of hay and have the truck back down to the barn and get stuck and force about 2 hours of looking for a tractor to pull the truck out and still have 60 bales to carry into the barn to stack.
On the other hand, if we decide to get some ducks I do now have some long narrow ponds almost ready.
QAL
The Queen Anne's Lace captures snow and keeps it for a while off the ground. When the weather is dry, the seedhead is tightly closed with when it is damp it opens up to let the seeds go. This action happens all fall and winter.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Apple Thieves
OK, OK! It was my fault. I did not get the goats stall door closed properly and I forgot to shut the door that led into the hay and apple stores so Gerturde and Alice helped themselves to about 6 dozen apples that were supposed to be about a two months supply of Apple-a-day treats for the donkey. Sigh!
Oh yes, it snowed last night so the rest of the windfall apples are out of sight now.
I did manage to find a few apples before the snow got too deep.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Burning Bush?
Some people call this Burning Bush. (I wonder why.) It adds a lot of colour to our west meadow in November. It's real name is European Eunonymus or European Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaeus. [Fusain d'Europe in French]
Actually, in November of 2007 it did not have too much colour. I suspect it was because of heavy insect damage in the spring and a very dry summer. This year it is back to normal.
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