September 30, 2005
The Midwest - Part 2
There is a passage in the book The Richest Man In Babylon which speaks of the pleasure of work. My copy is currently gathering mold in New Orleans. A rough paraphrase of this quote might be that man not only derives pleasure from work, but that he is sustained by work.
My dad is sustained by work. It takes on average 3 full days to mow the lawn. There is a little more to it. It takes a day and a half to mow the actual lawn (5+ acres), repeated every week depending on precipitation. It takes a day and a half to mow the lanes (the pathways for the tractors); this only happens 4 or so times a year. The woods also take over a day and are mowed maybe half a dozen times a year.
Mowing the lanes. I'm in the small mower chasing the big mower.
I've also discovered Photostitch in the Canon software supplied with my camera. Cool is the word. Follow the link below to see the woods in panorama mode.
The big mower.
The small mower.
The following shot is actually four shots "stitched" together by software. A couple of clicks and whammo:
Freshly mowed woods.
If I might add - in his spare time he also mows the Church's lawn. Incredible.
Posted by: Tom at September 30, 2005 09:58 PM