Five For Friday #21

It's been a bit of a dislocated week for me: I had to go on an expedition into the office for a couple of days, which completely threw my working-from-home schedule out of whack, and I don't do change very well. So I haven't been keeping up with the online world around me as I should, instead recovering from all of that being in the company of Other People and crowded public transport etc etc. Which is a long-winded way of saying that I don't have a Five For Friday blog post prepared. So I've dredged up five photos of me doing non-authorly, smallhold-y things around the place. I've got a lot of hidden talents, you see—only, if you know where they're hidden, perhaps you could let me know?

1. Planting stuff

This was in the early days, when we were growing produce outside as well as in the polytunnels. We scaled back a couple of years ago to focus on other projects, but have plans for the future…

2. Harvesting stuff. Iconic rural photo #1: sturdy peasant edition. 
You can't plant veg in the pouring rain, but if you're supposed to be selling them in a few hours time, you don't have much choice about harvesting conditions.

3. Misty morning. Iconic rural photo #2: folk horror edition.
I think this is my favourite landscape photo from the hundreds we've taken. The lovely warm ones with glowing rainbows and wild flowers and such are all very well, but they're far too wholesome.

4. Tractor!!!
Here I am, taking Harrison the Ford out for a spot of work. Or Harrison is taking me. It's not always easy to know who is calling the shots.

5. The Dog from Next Door
When we arrived, we discovered that the land was actually someone else's territory; she came around each day to make sure that the peasants were behaving themselves, and to dispense hugs. A truly beautiful person, who now runs free in the Elysian fields. She was a bit cracked: that's how the light got out.