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Stinking to high heaven
photo: Bill Coleman Ah, the rural life. Birds, bees, valleys, trees, and…funky farm smells. City folk who idealize the pastoral existence often forget to take into account the odorific nature of country livin’. The clear majority of farms operated by the Amish are of the less-stinky dairy variety. Hog farms are much less commonly run by Amish, but you do see them from time to…
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Love this picture!
Thanks ann! That was last Thursday, an extremely gusty day in the area. Driving down the road I came across a rural school bus whose door had jammed due to the winds, up to 50 mph.