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the eggs and the farmers

glaucia — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:27:24 +0000

Yesterday I had a great country adventure.

After seeing a sign last week that said “Fresh Brown Eggs — Drive In” , I made a mental note to return as soon as I could. Yesterday was that day.

After both boys were in school, we drove about a mile down this quiet road, passing nice spacious properties, with barns, horses and other such things. We arrived at the sign, and turned into a long driveway. As we made our way down the driveway, we saw several sheep, and even a few baby lambs on either side of the driveway. They were all so cute, and it was all so quiet.

I parked, saw chickens in the distance, and the house and car behind us. Since I couldn’t spot a person, I went to the door and rang the bell. A tall, distiguished looking man open the door. He had a white beard and was holding a yogurt container and sppon in one hand, and the lid to the yogurt in the other. I said I was interested in their eggs, to which he turned and called his wife. She was tall, white-haired and thin, and with exitement, responded “Great! I’ll go get them in the basement!” In the mean time, I stood at the doorway, while the man licked his yogurt lid and made small talk. She was back with the dozen eggs in a couple minutes, as she charged me $2(what a bargain!). I only had a 20-dollar bill, so while she made change, he told me about how the eggs were not “graded”, but were cleaned.

They asked me if I was local, and I told them I was, but was new to the area, which started a whole new conversation about a “folk fest” coming up in Doylestown, which they will be a part of, since he’s a metal engraver. As it turns out, he showed me some of his work, and I shared that I am an artist as well. He spoke of our joining efforts because sometimes he needs to engrave a picture, but he’s not very good at drawing. At this point, I mentioned that my mother-in-law was out there, and so Toni(the lady) went out to talk to Patti, as I finished talking to Peter about the art, and his being featured in Early American Life magazine. We headed out, and I joined Patti and Toni; who then went on to tell us lots about raising chickens, and raising sheep, as we asked several questions, trying to take it all in. I had already asked permission to take photos of the animals, so I kept on snapping as we talked. I got some wonderful shots of these creatures, and dare I say, might have made a new friend, in the community. I hope to take the boys out there to see the animals, and meet the farmers.

When I came home, i promptly looked at the website for their business “The shepherd’s Croft“, where I learned more about them, and their farm, and their sheep.

Patti and I made an omelet for lunch, using only 3 eggs, which fed both of us thoroughly. It was delicious!

Yay for meeting the farmers and living in the coutry! Thank you to the Kellers for being so friendly!

30 Places – Farm in Sepia

glaucia — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:24:04 +0000

Yesterday I decided to be experimental, and since I had some coffee leftover, I thought I’d paint “watercolor”, in coffee. This happens to be one of my favorite farms around the area we are now living. I love the fence meandering thru the hills. I wish I could visit, and take pictures within it as well, but I don’t think it’s open to the public.

After fiddling around with it for about an hour or so, I figured out that the coffee was not giving me the contrast I needed for a monochromatic piece. I then picked a dark sepia colored pencil, and worked thru part of today to finish it. I still intend to do another place tonight, but this is yesterday’s posting– belated.

I’m happy with the piece as a whole. I enjoyed restricting myself to one color. And although the experiment didn’t work, I’m still glad I tried.

Has anyone worked with coffee before? I have some seen some great things, but could not reproduce the same results. Any ideas?

guess what this is…

glaucia — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:31:08 +0000

yes, one of the best things so far, about our neighborhood…

I can get milk from a farm that is about 2 miles away. Yeah, in the glass bottles and everything!

I paid the deposit and the price of the milk today, but after today, I will just be bringing back the bottles, and getting fresh milk and paying only for the milk. I am so excited! I even got chocolate milk as a special treat, since the boys will be back this weekend.

And the price of the half gallon is not that much. $1.95

That’s less than a lot of other milk, especially organic milk or other high quality milk. So, needless to say, I am thrilled, and not only that, we will be a little more green and environmentally responsible by not using so much plastic.

Let me know if you want some, and come on over…