It's been a long time!

It used to be every other Friday night -- family over, make our own pizzas -- each time they were declared the best ever! Tonight, just the two of us, Jean and I made what we think are the "best ever". Jason will appreciate the cheese stuffed edging.

Good Memories

5:30 a.m. Sunrise - Aug 30, 2011 -- remembering all the great meals we've had here with family and friends Proverbs 15:17

Icing on Top

Onions have long been harvested; it's time to rest. With a touch of frost, there's icing on top. Psalm 147:16

Your Onions Are Almost Ready

Remember those onions in the windrows? Now they're curing.

Onions in Windrows

"Wind rows" Sept 14, 2011

Ready for Windrowing

early morning fog shifts and slides and dissapate quickly

 

Your Carrots Coming Soon From The Marsh

Your Onions Coming Soon - A Brief History, April to July, 2011

April 14, 2011 - cleaning up the fields - this stuff rises to the surface annually

 

April 16, 2011- working the muck

May 10, 2011,  Onions & Wheat seeded

Beautiful Fields- Filled with Promise

May 19, 2011 - Spraying (fertilizer?)

May 30, 2011: Wheat growing fast protecting the soil, little onion sprouts

June 22, 2011: Wheat has been killed off; onions growing well, workers cleaning, weeding?

June 24, 2011 - Fertilizer?

 

 

June 24, 2011

July 4, 2011 - Coming along just fine.

Early Morning - The Lord's Day

Another Sun Rise in the Holland Marsh

Early Spring Sunrise Overlooking the Onion Fields - May 11, 2011, 5:18 a.m.

Annual Clean Up - April 14, 2011, 8:14 a.m.

The crazy thing is that every Spring the fields need to be cleaned by hand.  Huge roots, tree branches continue to rise up (from the deep?) and surface. This photo was taken April 14, 2011.

Updates -- click the link or scroll down

I found a few more photos of flood's impact on the house in which we're living!

Flooded! Updates Click the link or scroll down to Dec 8, 2010

Morning Mist over Muck

New Every Morning

Ducks in the Morning

There's a ditch that runs straight back of our house toward the 400. Likely the water will not freeze. Makes a nice place for ducks in winter time. 

One particular early morning, as I was walking to get a better shot of the sun rise, suddenly these ducks took flight. This was the first wave.  As I continued, wave and wave flew away.

They circled high above until I had left. 

Sun Rise over the Marsh (note the "sun-dogs")

Ps 113:3

Sights like these don't last long. When they appear, it's a mad dash grabbing camera, coat, boots ... Get dressed, race out to the field and start clicking!

Life@1351 - Part 2

There are many beautiful experiences that make living in the Holland Marsh a pleasure.  Beside all the wonderful people, there are fabulous sights. Here are a few pictures I took on the first day of winter 2010.

(A view from our back yard - sunrise)

It's only a thought, but it seems that the land of the Marsh retains it's heat & moisture longer than other soils we know. First thing in the morning, even now near the end of December, it's not unusual for a fog of some sort, more like gentle mist to float over the land.  This particular morning, the mist had climbed the trees and frozen there to sparkle in the sun.

 
Psalm 147:16 (NIV)

  "He spreads the snow like wool

and scatters the frost like ashes."

Here's a comparison shot. It's not exact, but these give you the idea of a field covered with snow and the same field loaded with carrots ready for the harvest.