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Title: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 08:37:06 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 08:37:06 PM
Hey everyone! Thought I would share a little scenery with you. We haven't had a great summer this year up here in NY. It's been pretty wet, actually, and the last few days were pretty bad with lots of showers. But today was really nice, so I made the most of it and went for a (very long) 5 mile bike ride. I am so sore all over, I haven't ridden that far in a while. But it was a good workout.
It's all farmland up here, maybe five or six farmers within a stones throw from my house. Fairly moderate/conservative, but I love the area, so you take the pros with the cons. I'll always be somewhat of a country girl at heart I suppose. :icon_chick:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs172.snc1%2F6455_136541751406_579971406_3254991_3641515_n.jpg&hash=187ed739b743c362968ec3a53252d14fb5f36bbb)
It's around the early to mid fall growing season here, and the corn is getting pretty tall. I came across this field on my ride and couldn't resist taking a photo. It was very beautiful out.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs172.snc1%2F6455_136541941406_579971406_3254992_5015601_n.jpg&hash=5d441c2b2c824e5ff3a9477117237ed80513ab2a)
The corn is very tall! It's probably over 6ft high.
Enjoy!
It's all farmland up here, maybe five or six farmers within a stones throw from my house. Fairly moderate/conservative, but I love the area, so you take the pros with the cons. I'll always be somewhat of a country girl at heart I suppose. :icon_chick:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs172.snc1%2F6455_136541751406_579971406_3254991_3641515_n.jpg&hash=187ed739b743c362968ec3a53252d14fb5f36bbb)
It's around the early to mid fall growing season here, and the corn is getting pretty tall. I came across this field on my ride and couldn't resist taking a photo. It was very beautiful out.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs172.snc1%2F6455_136541941406_579971406_3254992_5015601_n.jpg&hash=5d441c2b2c824e5ff3a9477117237ed80513ab2a)
The corn is very tall! It's probably over 6ft high.
Enjoy!
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: Renate on August 30, 2009, 08:48:29 PM
Post by: Renate on August 30, 2009, 08:48:29 PM
Quote from: Fae on August 30, 2009, 08:37:06 PM
The corn is very tall! It's probably over 6ft high.
Yes, but is it as high as an elephant's eye? >:-)
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 08:50:16 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 08:50:16 PM
Quote from: Renate on August 30, 2009, 08:48:29 PM
Yes, but is it as high as an elephant's eye? >:-)
Ummm, I don't know...*confused*
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: tekla on August 30, 2009, 09:05:04 PM
Post by: tekla on August 30, 2009, 09:05:04 PM
The last day of summer ain't till Sept. 29, don't try to end it early, I still got's lots of beach time and bike time to go.
And the original phrase was "knee high by the Forth of July" meaning if you were going to have a good harvest, the corn had to be about that high, by about that time. "Elephants Eye" is from Oklahoma, a Broadway musical by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. Though most people forget that, but as any midwesterner will tell you, it never gets that high, and certainly not in July.
And the original phrase was "knee high by the Forth of July" meaning if you were going to have a good harvest, the corn had to be about that high, by about that time. "Elephants Eye" is from Oklahoma, a Broadway musical by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. Though most people forget that, but as any midwesterner will tell you, it never gets that high, and certainly not in July.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 09:09:58 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 09:09:58 PM
Ah, ok. Thanks Tekla, like I said, I just took the photos because I thought it was pretty. ;D
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: tekla on August 30, 2009, 10:31:05 PM
Post by: tekla on August 30, 2009, 10:31:05 PM
OK, I'll match you, I go bike riding this week and take my camera and get some shots of the grapes growing. You'll like those, ahh, wine.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 10:38:56 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 10:38:56 PM
Quote from: tekla on August 30, 2009, 10:31:05 PM
OK, I'll match you, I go bike riding this week and take my camera and get some shots of the grapes growing. You'll like those, ahh, wine.
Sounds good hun, I look forward to those. ;D
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: tekla on August 30, 2009, 10:40:55 PM
Post by: tekla on August 30, 2009, 10:40:55 PM
Yeah, I ought to get some while they are in full growth, and not when they turn, that way the pictures of the grapes turning are that much more pretty.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: Key on August 30, 2009, 10:42:18 PM
Post by: Key on August 30, 2009, 10:42:18 PM
Ugh, I'd love for summer to be over. The heat is terrible and the humidity worse, haha. But then again that's what floridians get, no?
Gorgeous scenery on the pictures there, now that I could enjoy summer with.
Gorgeous scenery on the pictures there, now that I could enjoy summer with.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 10:44:24 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on August 30, 2009, 10:44:24 PM
Thanks Key. I could never live in Florida, I traveled there once when I was little and it's just too damn hot for me! I love the northeast too much to leave, this is where I'll stay. :D
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: Key on August 30, 2009, 10:47:49 PM
Post by: Key on August 30, 2009, 10:47:49 PM
I'm booking it to somewhere north as soon as my life is good and I have the money to, hehe. Somewhere the leaves turn colors before they fall, and there's at least a chance for a snow day during winter.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: V M on August 30, 2009, 11:38:42 PM
Post by: V M on August 30, 2009, 11:38:42 PM
Winter tends to depress me and I get cabin fever :P But there are some things to look forward to.....
Football season. A girl that likes football? This one does.
Then there's the thrill of BMXing my mtn. bike in the snow
Of coarse there is nothing more fun than making snow men and women that shock the neighbors :laugh:
I still don't want summer to end though
Football season. A girl that likes football? This one does.
Then there's the thrill of BMXing my mtn. bike in the snow
Of coarse there is nothing more fun than making snow men and women that shock the neighbors :laugh:
I still don't want summer to end though
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: LordKAT on August 31, 2009, 05:50:06 AM
Post by: LordKAT on August 31, 2009, 05:50:06 AM
I hate snow and cold. Key can have my spot in the world and I'll travel south.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: tekla on August 31, 2009, 10:02:32 AM
Post by: tekla on August 31, 2009, 10:02:32 AM
I like snow and cold in its place, like up in Tahoe where I can drive up to it, and leave it when I've had enough and go back to laying on the beach in the sun.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: Key on August 31, 2009, 10:14:42 AM
Post by: Key on August 31, 2009, 10:14:42 AM
Quote from: LordKAT on August 31, 2009, 05:50:06 AMI'll gladly trade you, KAT.
I hate snow and cold. Key can have my spot in the world and I'll travel south.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: LordKAT on August 31, 2009, 01:23:15 PM
Post by: LordKAT on August 31, 2009, 01:23:15 PM
Hmm, I have friends in Fl.
( was thinking more TN or OR tho)
( was thinking more TN or OR tho)
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: Nicky on August 31, 2009, 06:57:53 PM
Post by: Nicky on August 31, 2009, 06:57:53 PM
Well, my summer is just on it's way. Today is the 1st day of spring, yeah baby!
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on September 01, 2009, 10:47:51 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on September 01, 2009, 10:47:51 PM
Quote from: Key on August 30, 2009, 10:47:49 PM
I'm booking it to somewhere north as soon as my life is good and I have the money to, hehe. Somewhere the leaves turn colors before they fall, and there's at least a chance for a snow day during winter.
We have plenty of colorful leaves in the fall here in the NE. (I sound like a travel agent, lol!) :laugh:
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: jenny328 on September 07, 2009, 10:27:35 PM
Post by: jenny328 on September 07, 2009, 10:27:35 PM
Great Pictures, cant beat the weather the last week
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: tekla on September 07, 2009, 10:29:28 PM
Post by: tekla on September 07, 2009, 10:29:28 PM
Lots of spots like that where I live, you just have to get here. And I'll put up photos of the wine crop soon.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: aurora17 on September 08, 2009, 12:46:20 AM
Post by: aurora17 on September 08, 2009, 12:46:20 AM
I like the photos...
Living in Tokyo means that for years I haven't seen a non-urban landscape, and photos of nature make me dream...
Thanks a lot.
Living in Tokyo means that for years I haven't seen a non-urban landscape, and photos of nature make me dream...
Thanks a lot.
Title: Re: Enjoying the last of summer
Post by: fae_reborn on September 08, 2009, 10:25:16 PM
Post by: fae_reborn on September 08, 2009, 10:25:16 PM
Quote from: tekla on September 07, 2009, 10:29:28 PM
Lots of spots like that where I live, you just have to get here. And I'll put up photos of the wine crop soon.
Ok Kat, sounds good. ;D
Quote from: aurora17 on September 08, 2009, 12:46:20 AM
I like the photos...
Living in Tokyo means that for years I haven't seen a non-urban landscape, and photos of nature make me dream...
Thanks a lot.
Your quite welcome hun, I couldn't imagine not seeing nature all the time, I'd prob. go crazy, lol! :laugh: