Center: Mollie and Nellie, mule team
Right: Tim and Tom, Belgian draft team
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Right: Tim and Tom, Belgian draft team
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Admit it. You suspected our whole week of blog posts would have an equine theme!
Yes, it is a modern day threshing. For you city slickers, that's all about oats.
I have a farm story to tell. Tomorrow.
I have a farm story to tell. Tomorrow.
Nice picture!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great photo!
ReplyDeleteI've heard that song all my life but I've never seen a sheave before. Thanks for the photo.
ReplyDeleteCome back tomorrow, Jan, and you'll get a better look :-)
Deletelooks fun but it also looks HOT!
ReplyDeleteVERY, VERY hot! (And itchy!) But lots of fun :-)
DeleteI guess this is the blog to go to right now for horsing around???
ReplyDeleteSuch a great photo! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThey are so strong to carry all of that. It looks pretty heavy.
ReplyDeleteVery neat photo. I gues you are helping the the sheaves.
ReplyDeleteSo... it's not "bringing in the sleeves"??
ReplyDeleteKidding - I knew it was sheaves, but my sis is classic for always singing the wrong lyrics to songs!
Great photo! Happy WW!
i'm glad you explained that as I didn't have a clue BOL
ReplyDeleteFabulous picture!
ReplyDeleteSomething we don't see in the city!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother always sang that song to me at bedtime. I couldn't remember the words though. I'm off to read the next post!
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