Sunrise at the farm is a ballet, a beautiful exercise in nature and symmetry. We head out to do the morning chores as the sun rises over the corner of the pasture, backlighting the animals. As I fill the water buckets, Maria moves to the donkeys feeder with an armful of hay. Red takes up his position, prepared to move the sheep to their own feeder on command. The donkeys move towards the feeder. As winter takes hold and the pasture freezes, the grazing animals have no food but hay and they are hungry in the morning. in a minute, the scene will change, the sun will rise above the feeder, Red will move the sheep, the donkeys and the sheep will all be eating quietly at their feeders. A beautiful daily ballet, the way I love to begin the morning.
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December
Ballet: Sunrise At Bedlam Farm
by Jon Katz