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the flocking news

the flocking news

Today was a beautiful day. One of my East Friesian ewes delivered triplets (for the second year in a row!) unassisted under sunny seventeen degree skies, rounded them up and fussed like a mother hen. It was a shepherd’s dream. I put her in a 

a day in the life at dalaway farm

a day in the life at dalaway farm

There’s nothing I love more than photographing a day in the life. I love capturing moments and actions so familiar they’ve long gone unnoticed. Or if not unnoticed, not necessarily noted as being remarkable. Because it is these quiet, unremarkable moments that when strung together, 

the view from here

the view from here

The view from our dining room window. We’re never disappointed.

it’s mud season

it’s mud season

Anyone who lives rurally can attest to the fact that there are four seasons in a year: summer, fall, winter and mud. It’s a double-edged sword. You wait all winter long for spring to arrive but as the snow melts and we see more of 

twilight

twilight

I love the period of time just after the sun sets but the world is still light. There are no shadows and everything seems to glow blue. There’s something about the in-betweeness of these moments. It is neither day nor night. It’s as though as 

a thaw

a thaw

My experience tapping maple trees began in earnest last year. I produced two litres of syrup on my wood stove from trees around the house and fired the evaporator for over a thousand more litres at Sugar Moon Farm. Even after just this one year