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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Posted - May 09 2008 : 8:05:40 PM
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Hi Jonni! I promised you some pictures of the Palouse for you.
Castle Moscow:
Field Work:
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Edited by - Alee on May 09 2008 8:07:46 PM |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 : 8:18:17 PM
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Alee - awesome pictures.... I miss living on the Palouse....so this is such a treat! Thanks for sharing!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 09 2008 : 8:54:38 PM
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Alee!!! Thanks so much!! Those are wonderful!!! Living in the east for so long makes you sometimes forget that not all the US looks like the Ohio River valley :) Such beautiful sweeping landscapes. That guy in the field is really kicking up dirt! I'm fascinated by old outbuildings too, as you can usually tell the "origin" of the original farm owners by the style of buildings they build. That one looks very swedish or germanic to me.
What's the dealio with the castle?
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wilma
Knob Lick
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USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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USA
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Posted - May 10 2008 : 02:01:33 AM
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Thanks Ladies!
Jonni- I LOVE LOVE LOVE old buildings and old cemeteries. They both have so much to say!
Did you see the deer! We surprised each other and I whistled and clucked at it to get it to look at me.
Miss Wilma- You should come back for a visit! *hugs*
Alee Farmgirl Sister #8 www.awarmheart.com Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
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Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - May 10 2008 : 07:51:39 AM
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Alee,
What's Palouse?? The pictures are beautiful.... but I am lost as to the background for the peaceful pictures!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Posted - May 10 2008 : 08:46:55 AM
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Hi Audrey!
The Palouse is used to define both a geographic and socio-economic location. Geographically speaking, it defines a place of lush, fertile farm country in the Idaho Panhandle and South-Eastern Washington State. It was formed in the last ice age when a glacial dam in the mountains close to Missoula MT burst over a short time. The caused a massive amount of water to be channeled through the mountain passes to wash over the low country to the south. When looking down at the rolling hills of the Palouse from airplanes or helicopters you can the obvious water pattern (think of silt in the gutter or in a stream and how it forms those distinctive ripples). The silt that was deposited when the glacial dam burst was high in nutrients as it was the sediment scraped off of the topsoil of Canada and Montana. It is one of the most fertile regions in the world- growing everything from grain to beans to hay.
As far as a socio-economic location, the Palouse is mostly rural with a few larger towns but no great cities.
MaryJane's Farm is on the Palouse! :D Here are some professional pictures from the air to show the hill pattern:
Alee Farmgirl Sister #8 www.awarmheart.com Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
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Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 10:48:50 AM
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Alee, Thanks so much for the information. This is all very interesting to me becuase I am totally unfamiliar with that part of the country.
Audrey |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 10:52:05 AM
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God's world is so beautiful - every region has a beauty all its own. What gorgeous photos!!!
P.S. what is Castle Moscow? A home or a hotel?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Edited by - jpbluesky on May 12 2008 10:52:58 AM |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 11:24:46 AM
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A Doctor here in town promised his wife that he would build her a castle if she helped put him through Med School. It has a cool silohette of dragons in front of a faux draw bridge and I have heard they have a hand carved couch that looks like a sleeping dragon inside. What a great house, eh? I would LOVE to have one like it someday!
Alee Farmgirl Sister #8 www.awarmheart.com Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 11:30:05 AM
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Alee, we have one in Versailles, Kentucky, only not with such a happy ending...It's HUGE and the guy built it for his fiance who dumped him and broke his heart--it sat unfinished for years and then he remarried and it's going to be an "event" place.
I surely love those aerial photos. What an incredible place to live!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 12:22:46 PM
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And pictures of where I grew up at in Wyoming
Alee Farmgirl Sister #8 www.awarmheart.com Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
Edited by - Alee on May 12 2008 12:25:35 PM |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 5:11:27 PM
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Alee - obviously you have been raised among huge beauty! Even castles! But you know, I would choose a farmhouse over a castle, and I bet you would too.!!!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
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Posted - May 12 2008 : 8:37:34 PM
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Hi Jeannie-
I wasn't raised around any castles- unless you consider "Castle Rock" a castle ;)
The castle is in Moscow, ID and I didn't move here until 2002. And yes! I would choose a farmhouse over a castle...but can a castle be a farmhouse? 'Cause I really like the idea of a castle! :D
I love the area I was raised at though. Beautiful sweeping prairies, huge mountains. A rough land for sure, but even more beautiful because of that.
Alee Farmgirl Sister #8 www.awarmheart.com Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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