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(10,642 posts)She makes it look like fun and easy, but I'd be gasping for air after a few minutes!
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)NBachers
(17,122 posts)Think of the ages it took to clear the trees, roots, stumps, and rocks out of that field.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)I felt the same way.
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)Just not barefoot.
My guy likes soft feet. Just ask K.M Williams and Washboard Jackson. LOL.
This wasn't the show but they got a show at Son's of Hermann Hall in Dallas.
That's all I'm saying.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the addition, malokvale.
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)It is home made and fantastic. Washboard Jackson usually plays a washboard, I couldn't find an example on the net though.
I have a CD from the performance at Son's of Hermann Hall. It's signed with a "Thank You for the foot play".
Glad you liked it Uncle Joe.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)And what appears to be a left handed drummer...
Unique and cool.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)she is VERY good
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)you should be proud of her.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)that has not been hayed the previous season (or more)...
I can tell from the lack of course bush/stick material in the hay that this field has been maintained, so it'd be reasonably soft underfoot. Less likely to have snakes or other critters living in it too.
That said, haying the old fashioned way like she is doing, is hard work-- no matter the quality of the hay. She makes it look nearly effortless.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)panfluteman
(2,065 posts)Especially on a political website like this one. But then again, not every posting on this website is pertinent to politics.
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)Do you have a video of you playing the pan flute you could post?
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Having said that, watching and appreciating it does carry a ripple in the pond political effect, in creating an emotional connection with rural voters.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)marble falls
(57,112 posts)disappointed here!
jwirr
(39,215 posts)and very energy efficient. I think the wagon was pulled by a tractor but back in the day it would have been horses.
We talk a lot about lifestyle changes on DU.
Kali
(55,014 posts)I wonder about the location.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Kali
(55,014 posts)rwsanders
(2,606 posts)not everything requires burning fossil fuel (although they were loading a truck).
BlueMTexpat
(15,370 posts)But I just have to note that it seems that she seems to be doing most of the work.
Please don't pounce on me; I enjoyed watching and certainly envy her conditioning. It was a lovely moment to remind me of my own roots in rural America.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Peace to you and have a good night, I'm signing off for now.
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Her abdominal muscles must be like a washboard. Like a profession athlete, but better, a professional farmer!
Thank you, Uncle Joe!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... I'd have chaff in my hair, down my neck, inside my clothes, and a dip in the creek (pronounced "crick" was just the thing. Makes me long for the cold, spring-fed waters of Weister Creek.
Thanks Uncle Joe.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)always loved making hay
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)This is how they did it in the old days, before the hay baler was invented.
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)of how things once worked...
calikid
(584 posts)It reminds me of an exchange student we had from Australia. Nearly every day after school when he arrived home, the shoes would come off, he'd grab a 22 and head out into the fields, nowhere in site until dinner time, if then.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Great skills.
packman
(16,296 posts)I'm going to show her just how easy she has it. Of course, that'll be after she cooks dinner, feeds the cat, cleans his litter, makes the bed, scrubs the bathroom, etc., etc.
Kali
(55,014 posts)even when I was in good shape I would not have been able to stand working like that with my hair on my back. makes me hot just thinking about it.
I have a pitchfork just like that, it was my grandfather's. some time in the last 30 years one of the tines got broken off, finally got it welded back together a year or two ago. I wish I had a shovel and a few other tools of the same quality.
rock
(13,218 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)(Well, they do sometimes.)
I did haying with that method in England as rent for staying a while camping in the farmer's field. Nearly wiped out the rest of the trip. VERY hard on shoulder muscles, arms, back and core, legs...just about all of 'em.
cilla4progress
(24,737 posts)It's like art! Beautiful. Thank you.