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Montana Outdoors
There’s that big blue Montana sky again! Another beautiful capture, Terry!
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Comment by bayphotosbydonna — June 29, 2018 @ 1:19 pm
Thanks Donna. When the sky is that blue and is mixed with big white clouds, it does get noticed.
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Comment by montucky — June 29, 2018 @ 4:51 pm
That’s quite a hay field. I’m so glad I’m not the one throwing the bales up on the wagon. I used to be able to do it all day but now, I doubt it.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — June 29, 2018 @ 2:56 pm
Onto the wagon wasn’t bad, pitching them into the barn loft was a different exorcise 😉
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Comment by Washe Koda — June 29, 2018 @ 4:32 pm
I was lucky; I didn’t have to do that part but I’m sure your memory of it is accurate.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — June 29, 2018 @ 5:41 pm
Me too. I’m past that time of life, but I remember how much work it was.
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Comment by montucky — June 29, 2018 @ 5:03 pm
1st or second cut ?
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Comment by Washe Koda — June 29, 2018 @ 4:35 pm
First.
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Comment by montucky — June 29, 2018 @ 5:05 pm
Baldy in the background? Ron
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Comment by Ron — June 29, 2018 @ 7:31 pm
Yup. I was on the way to Corona Divide.
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Comment by montucky — June 29, 2018 @ 8:40 pm
We rarely see square or rectangular bales around here any more. The larger, round bales are more common. I’m sure there’s an explanation–or perhaps more than one explanation: differently sized fields, different hays, and so on. What’s certain is that no one’s going to be heaving round bales anywhere unless there’s some machinery involved. I very vaguely remember haystacks when I was a kid, and hay mows that were filled with loose hay that was pitched down with (of course) a pitchfork.
Nash prairie, one of my favorites that I often visit, was a hayfield. The land never has been broken: only cut twice a year. I ran into a land manager a couple of months ago who told me another site I’ve been visiting is cut for hay — and some of the fields around the Johnson Space Center have wonderful hay, that used to go to the bison at one of our nature centers.
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Comment by shoreacres — June 29, 2018 @ 7:32 pm
There’s a lot of hay grown around here on big ranches and small.
When I was a kid I helped with the haying on my grand parents’ ranch. Balers were just being developed and we didn’t have one so we mowed it, raked it and pitched it onto a hay wagon. When I was about 8 I rode the hay rake and tripped it at the right time to make rows. When the raking was done I got to drive the tractor pulling the hay wagon while the men pitched the hay up. Later I got to do the harder stuff!
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Comment by montucky — June 29, 2018 @ 8:45 pm
So interesting seeing the valley and hay crops compared to the mountains and rivers in your usual photos. Reminds me of summer school holidays on my Grandmother’s farm.
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Comment by Vicki — June 29, 2018 @ 7:34 pm
It’s just that I don’t take many pictures of the valley. My heart is in the mountains.
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Comment by montucky — June 29, 2018 @ 8:51 pm
Wonderful. I think Montana is one of the most beautiful states (if not THE most beautiful).
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 30, 2018 @ 8:27 am
I think so too. Maybe it’s because it’s so sparsely populated that you can see scenery instead of development.
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Comment by montucky — June 30, 2018 @ 8:41 am
I think that has a lot to do with it. People move into a place because it’s beautiful and then they end up destroying it.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 30, 2018 @ 10:11 am
That has happened a lot here already.
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Comment by montucky — June 30, 2018 @ 10:15 am
Here too, and it is very disappointing.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 30, 2018 @ 11:36 am
I’ve only been gone a few weeks but I can’t wait to come back. I can almost smell that hay.
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Comment by jimsturjimstur — June 30, 2018 @ 9:37 am
It’s hard to be away, especially this time of year.
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Comment by montucky — June 30, 2018 @ 9:42 am
Ahh the big sky!
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Comment by dhphotosite — June 30, 2018 @ 11:41 am
Sure seems big, doesn’t it! Good place for anyone who loves clouds too.
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Comment by montucky — June 30, 2018 @ 12:31 pm
I still recall the days in summer at the Munson Ranch haying times. There was loose hay and later bales in that big ole barn. We played in the barn a lot back then. I like all of your photos you post. Mountains are my favorite and of course the many beautiful wild flowers. I can still see the lights on up in the Eddy lookout when I was a kid. Huge thanks for your postings.
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Comment by Frances Schenck — June 30, 2018 @ 3:42 pm
Hello Frances! I remember the days when hay was put up loose too. Did you know of the Hicks ranch here in the Plains area? That was my grand parents ranch and I helped with the haying when I was growing up and often slept in the hay barn on top of the hay. I will never forget those experiences! I’ll have to remember to look for the lights in the Eddy lookout. I think it is still being manned during fire season and maybe the lookout will have a light on. Good to hear from you! I’m glad that you like seeing the photos! You made my day!
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Comment by montucky — June 30, 2018 @ 8:05 pm
That’s neat, I was hoping to photograph some hay bales when I was in Indiana but didn’t see any.
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Comment by Candace — June 30, 2018 @ 5:35 pm
I love seeing the hay bales in the fields (as long as I don’t have to move them). One of the signs of summer and its bounty.
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Comment by montucky — June 30, 2018 @ 8:07 pm
Very interesting. Do You have those big white hay packages for winter? In Finland, we call them: ”dragon eggs”.
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Comment by Sartenada — July 3, 2018 @ 2:18 am
No, I don’t think we do. These will all be stacked either in a hay barn or sometimes just stacked together.
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Comment by montucky — July 3, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
What a sky … lovely image. I bet that hay smells divine 🙂
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — July 4, 2018 @ 1:15 pm
It does! One of the great smells of summer. That’s a picture of a typical summer day in western Montana. I spend a lot of time cloud watching.
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Comment by montucky — July 4, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
Me too! Clouds are my fav …
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — July 5, 2018 @ 12:16 am
Very nice. Love the scenery!
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Comment by Reed Andariese — July 5, 2018 @ 4:17 pm
The mountain in the background center looks small but it is 5,000 feet higher than the valley.
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Comment by montucky — July 5, 2018 @ 4:51 pm