© 2014 Michael Fiveson
Silos, barns, elevators, and fields waiting for planting. A rural landscape in Colorado.
Mike's Look at Life
Photography, memoirs, random thoughts.
© 2014 Michael Fiveson
Silos, barns, elevators, and fields waiting for planting. A rural landscape in Colorado.
Mike's Look at Life 
Another lovely black and white image.
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Thanks Pat.
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Taking me down memory lane this week Mike. Now with a little rain I can smell the back earth in your remarkable photo.
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We are waiting for a little rain, probably mixed with wet snow. Tomorrow I think. In my town there are feedlots out east and with a little rain there is a smell that is like being in an outhouse, or a ….feedlot.
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Oh dear. That’s not the smell I had in mind…although i recall the one you describe. 🙂
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The very best smell I ever encountered was in Canada when I was 12 and in summer camp outside of Brampton, Ontario. Like clean laundry, must have come from the trees. I took my wife and son there in 1996 and while the camp was largely gone, the land remained and so too did that smell. Overwhelmingly sweet and delicious. I associate it now with freedom and discovery.
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Such a beautiful memory Mike. I wonder what kind of trees could give such a fragrance?
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Another masterpiece. What more can I say????
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Thanks. You could tell me it has completely changed your life and seeing the image was like peering into the great unknown, and finding all the answers held by whatever guiding force there may be in the universe.
But I’m real good with the fact that you like it, and I thank you.
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OMG!!! *laughing* Oh, yes, this too, Mike. I see now all the unknowns that once were not seen. Your picture did this for me. And more. I thank YOU! 🎀
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The “and more” must REALLY be something.
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Oh trust me it is. 😳
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Reblogged this on Artsy Wanderer and commented:
farm love
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Plowing will soon come along, certainly by the end of the month.
About scents:
Feedlot, that’s a special aroma, especially when it’s stock show time in Denver. Big city folk not quite used to it.
Barn, it’s very overpowering the first time.
The fresh and sweet, can’t beat that scent in the early morning, after a thunderstorm the night before.
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I’m quite ok with the smell of a barn. A feedlot stink on the other hand just reeks. Here they call it the smell of money. I call it the smell of poo poo.
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A trademark Mike image, great sot. And t comments made me smile. A lot.
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Now I’ll have to go see the comments again. Pleased to make you smile and thanks.
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🙂
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The processing on this is really great. Was it a cloudy day?
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Yes, there were some clouds out there, but the post processing gives the illusion of more. Thanks Laurie.
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Super! Great shot
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You are so nice, Marylou.
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I just decided what I like most about your work. Clean lines. Simplicity. 🙂
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Yes, I totally agree with the simplicity part. Or as Forrest Gump might have said it….”simple is as simple does”
‘ello Amy
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‘ello, Mike. Yep, simple works for me too. It grows on ya. xx
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I like it. Is that grain storage?
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Grain storage is my best guess. Thanks.
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I know you are talented, because you find such beauty even in the fallow time.
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That’s a lovely thing to say, Brenda. Thank you very much.
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My pleasure. I love to see the earth reawakening, but framing beauty this time of year is a challenge. You make it look easy.
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Spring is truly a joy. Thanks again.
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