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I am interested in the viral nature of the messages that are put on church signs. The way that some of the messages seem to go from sign to sign over time and from community to community. Often the message will echo some pop culture reference. Almost always it seems obvious to me that the pop culture reference is made intentionally, but every now and then Im not quite sure if one is intentional or not. This sign is an example of one I'm not sure about it's intentionality, since it seems to reference so perfectly the old Budweiser commercial from the late 70s early 80s. The phrase at the end of the commercial is "for all you do this Bud's for you."
It seems unlikely that it would echo the commercial so well by chance, yet I wonder if someone in the church would intentionally use a beer commercial for inspiration. Not only does it sound the same,( when I read the sign I hear the song from the commercial ), but in a way it carries the same message.
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Amish Country / Lancaster County, Pennsylvania / Amish Farm and House / Tourist Property / Surrounding Country
Again, I am not advocating drinking soft drinks, but I like these old signs painted onto brick walls. Possibly the last brick wall sign for a while. Time to move on, I suppose, but do check out my Sign set for others, or my Brick set.
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Dan and Jeanne Carver, owners of Imperial Stock Ranch, have implemented a number of value-added strategies in order to keep the history and culture of Western ranching alive and thriving. Since 2008, Imperial Yarn has participated in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Value Added Producer Grant Program (VAPG) for planning and working capital assistance to keep their sustainably and traditionally produced wool a profitable and job-creating venture in an evolving marketplace. Photo used with permission from Imperial Yarn.
- poor things
Seems the wrong season for goat & sheep shearing to me, but maybe it was being done just for show at a county Agricultural Fair....
Will be doing another Rural America trip (well if three or four hours constitues as trip) later this week. Something about the colors that you find outside the city...I love it.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research can be found in many products that you’ve probably never realized.
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and me, out driving around again.
I suppose I should remove the wire, but it is what it is and it was there.
camera: Holga 120CFN
film: Kodak Portra 400
Egg tempera painting of a Georgia farm building window. This building was once part of a family farm community, the Bone farm, and now most of the buildings are vacant and slowly deteriorating. Family farms such as this are slowly vanishing due to economic issues for the small family farmer as well as development and a major change in the psyche of the new generations that are encouraged to enter into service jobs, high tech corporate jobs, and jobs in finance instead of traditional agricultural business that sustained their families for generations. We can see the results in abandoned rural farmhouses and farm buildings.
Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, MD
There is an old barn belonging to the old Roulette Farm at the end of this road. The farm and road were there when the Battle of Antietam, aka the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought. This battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War. In 12 hours, over 23,000 men were killed or severely wounded. Three generals from each side died. It was the first major victory for the North and the first battle in which Lee attacked a Northern site. Lee retreated, but this was tactically a good move on his part as he saved his Army.
They say that the natural light is best for photography in the hour before sunset or the hour after sunrise. This is called the Golden Hour.
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Richfield Center, Ohio
This is one of my personal favorites of country shots. It is only a few miles from my house. This was taken nearly five years ago, but I have been in a mood to post these farm shots in the snow.
Explore, #399
Cabbage, one of the most nutrient dense vegetables, grows in a high tunnel house at the East Arkansas Enterprise Community, (EAEC) Inc. in Forrest City, AR on Mar. 4, 2013. The EAEC is one of 42 community-based organizations located in high poverty areas in the U.S. to benefit from the Arkansas Delta Seeds of Change (ADSOC) Initiative. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in partnership with Heifer International (an International organization whose mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth) and various for-profit and non-profit organizations have organized the Seeds of Change Implementation Plan to use sustainable agriculture to build food systems in the Arkansas Delta. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.
Benson, NY, 1995
Owned and operated by the Washburn family. The lodge house dates back to the 1840s. When I bought my property in Benson in 1980, the former owner, Bea Washburn, had just passed away. Her nephew, John, and his wife, Jane, restored the house and converted it into the Trailhead Lodge. John for many years was an Adirondack guide and an interpreter of Robert Service's poetry and stories. His son, Michael, although legally blind, obtained a Ph.D. in Forestry and has also been involved with the lodge. The little white dog in this photo is my boy, Snooky. He loved going up to Benson. Snooky was at his prime here. He died in 2007.