Tag: farms

  • Grape 7/22

    Mom was a dairy farmer most of her life. One of 13, she would rather be in the barn with her Dad, but she still learned how to feed a family. She would throw the bales, and shovel the meal from the cart, carry the milk buckets, fill the cans. After the milking, she’d drive…

  • Seasonal Scents

    While riding my bike the other day, I smelled a wonderful scent reminiscent of my childhood, which led me to think about other scents that take me back down memory lane. Like lilacs and wisteria – back all the way to childhood. Or sweet magnolias, reminding me of Longwood Gardens. I remember being at Longwood…

  • Where have all the dairies gone? Long time passing

    Where have all the dairies gone? Long time passing

    Whenever I give myself extra time for my many road trips, I use the ‘no highways’ option in Google Maps. In doing that last year, I passed a number of huge dairies and many head of Holstein cows happily grazing their way through hay. They were the first dairies I’d encountered in Southern California; being…