The Golden Hour is a beautiful time of day at the farm. And I want to share with you the shades of green at this time of day, one day in the spring and another this summer. The first one was taken last spring when the grass was very green. It’s the end of a hot summer and unfortunately things aren’t as green as it was. Yet the grass is growing and Rick is still mowing.
And this one was taken over the summer. The oaks in the summer seem to be flourishing.
…. ahh, gorgeous!
MJ
With the hub bub of the baby event, it was time to return over the weekend and mow some tall grass. However, these pictures were taken earlier this year.
I read the caption under the oak tree picture and thought to myself, “I know they have armadillo and bugs and things in Texas, I didn’t know they had gators!” Guess I need to get out more!
You do know now, Carol, that a gator is a runabout. Glad I could show you around, just like you taught me what “Moxie” is. 🙂
It’s not the green but those clouds that most capture my eye! I am wistful for clouds every year when autumn rolls around. I know I’d be sick of their abundance were I back in my hometown, but now . . . I savor the ways I get to enjoy them, such as by posts like this. 🙂
At first I titled this “A tree, green grass and a fence”. Am I blind? They look almost painted with a broad brush. Thank you for pointing them out. Then once I got to thinking about green, I changed my mind about the title, something I’m prone to do.
i think those gators are so cool! i want one to bring firewood in from the back pasture. guess i’ll just keep using my hand truck cart. 🙂
Theresa, now you’re the second person in a month who has used that term “hand truck.” We call them a “dolley/dolly”. Thank goodness for any kind of truck that helps with the chores.
and a dolly to me is a 2-wheeled upright thing you use to move a refrigerator. 🙂
hmmmmm…so what is a “hand truck?” I guess I don’t really know. And I have heard that term twice within a month.
i have a hand cart (4 wheels) that is sometimes referred to as a hand truck here. 🙂
I was going to ask what a gator is, so thanks for showing it. That looks like fun, and what a lovely area surrounding you!
Well, Patti. If you’re ever down this way, I would love to take you for a ride. We don’t have mountains in SE TX like VA., but we do have rolling hills.
I love the stately tree – oaks are wonderful, we have many here all around us in this part of Wales. And that lawn looks great to me! 🙂 The Gator is very nearly Khaki in colour – maybe my monitor is distorting the tone?
I love the trees. We have lost two grand ones. though. Two that had a love seat swing and another that had a tire swing. We still have pictures of them doing their duty when the girls were small. Anyone, not wanting to be partial to the trees that “were” I’m trying to “love” another like I did those two.
If you Google “olive drab” an array of John Deere products of that color will come up. It is a drab color, however fits in perfectly with the brush and pastures. I would love to see one of your stately oaks in Wales.
Here are a couple (some way from us, though):
http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/File:Specimen%20tree%20revisited%20-%20geograph.org.uk%20-%20489238.jpg/-/en
and near the bottom of this page is a very strange one, the Pontfadog oak:
http://www.hedgedruid.com/tag/chirk/
Oh I hope other visitors to this page will click on these links. Beautiful tree the first one, and quite an ancient one the other one. Imagine 1500 years old, the Methuselah of trees, it must be. Thank you for linking these up.
You’re welcome.
That beautiful blue sky doused with clouds makes the green really stand out. Lovely.
Deb also commented about the blue sky and clouds. And all I could see at first was the tree, grass and fence + the shadow.
What beautiful fields and trees!..and the bonus of a gator to maneuver around in!
It is a lovely spot and it gets a breeze. At night we can see the lights from town. So glad we have it as it helps Rick haul stuff. I especially enjoy the ride in the fall…bumpety, bumping along.
I know, I know – it’s not a four-wheeler in the classic sense, but when I laid eyes on that gator, the first words that came to me were “deer camp”. The first front’s through, the first osprey showed up on Thursday ahead of it, and it’s time to start hauling around bags of corn!
I could have used that thing today. A friend and I couldn’t stand it and headed down to Galveston. We ended up down at San Luis pass, under the bridge, and after a few tentative explorations we decided poor Princess didn’t deserve to follow where only an F150 ought to go.
Your oaks are looking good. In another year or two, if all goes well, the land will be back to what it should be, along with the trees.
No, it does no service to deer or for shooting deer. Rick hasn’t deer hunted in over ten years. When he went, it would be to Fort Hood where things are regulated, and he’s never shot a deer on the farm property. He just likes to spot them during the Golden Hour. That’s when they come out.
So what were you hauling around at San Luis Pass? or were you fishing? Thank goodness Princess is okay. It just won’t do that she take on the job of an F150.
We lost some beautiful pines in the drought. They lined the driveway. Between no water and bark beetles, they’re gone. But the oaks don’t bend to beetles. So they are holding up well.
No, we just were bird watching and flower watching and generally enjoying being out. If we’d gone to the other side of the pass, we could have gotten down to the water easily, but we didn’t want to pay the $2 bridge toll each way. 😉
Of course, you were spying birds and flowers. We avoid those toll roads, too.
I know you’ve still had dry spells, but what a difference from last summer, huh? Thanks for sharing your little spot of heaven with us.
No problem. If you are ever down this way, we could take an excursion through some pastures.
Aaaah… shades of green. Wonderful shades of vibrant green. Rain does the soil good, eh?
Thanks for sharing shades of green and not sharing shades of grey. 😉
The pasture beyond the back fence is the one that burned last year. It was green too, but not the emerald green by this tree.
How gorgeous, G! I, too, was thinking that was the biggest gator I’d ever seen! Guess I live in the deep south…;)
There are “gators” and Kawasaki has a “mule.” Rick is a John Deere guy and chose the gator. Are the kids back at school?
The tree in the first shot is gorgeous!
It’s a great tree. The oaks are hardy and we’re fortunate it still stands.
Love that you shared the view of the oak tree during the golden hour. What lovely light. What a beautiful tree.
I will write more posts about this special place. I’m glad you enjoyed the view.
Beautiful shade of greens. Texas is blessed with a lot of greens…and even evergreens that seems to defy Winter’s cold.
Thanks to our recent rain everything has spruced up a bit. Yes, we certainly do have pine trees in our neck of the woods, too. Have a wonderful weekend with your family. 🙂
So pretty — and so green. Way better than last year, Georgette, isn’t it!
Much better! No fires for one.