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Farm Art Friday: Vintage Wheel Rake

December 5, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

Farm Art Friday: Vintage Hay Wheel Rake

Happy Farm Art Friday everyone:)

While my friends and I explored the Mulberry River Valley a few days ago, I noticed this old farm implement hidden in the trees at the edge of a field. Inside the boundaries of the Ozark National Forest, we were surrounded by natural beauty and true Arkansas history in a place largely unchanged by time. This hay rake looked at home, part of the landscape. I wondered if its original owner lay buried in the Yale Cemetery only steps away.

Yale Cemetery, Johnson Co, Ar

Yale Cemetery, Johnson Co, Ar

 

“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Leo Tolstoy

Yes, let’s take some time this weekend to do what Tolstoy said… okay?

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Video below shows a similar hay rake (named Fergie) in action. Very cool!

[tweetthis url=”http://bit.ly/1FTCbMn”]Stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Tolstoy #FarmArt [/tweetthis]

Farm Art Friday: duck pit

November 28, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

Farm Art Friday: Duck Pit

Hidden beneath flat rice fields, duck pits are difficult to spot from the road. I climbed down into this one buried on our farm in Mississippi County. From inside, the view is quite different, the small space like a secret.

Happy Friday and good luck to all those participating in the world championship duck calling contest today in Stuttgart!

And to you Black Friday shoppers…have mercy. I’ll be watching football and maybe hanging Christmas lights.

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Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

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World Championship Duck Calling Contest 2013

Farm Art Friday: Old Grain Bins

November 21, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

I find truth and history in old things. The rural art of the farm feels soulful, stark and real, a part of the American landscape, a part of me. Today marks the first of many Farm Art Fridays.

A picture.

A quote.

A memory that stirs and floats to the surface.

Happy Friday to you.

Farm Art: old grain bins, Piggott, Ar

Farm Art: old grain bins, Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life. 

 

“One eye sees, the other feels.”
― Paul Klee

 

 

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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