Buck Fence and Old Beaver Slide

This image sends a message of aging all its own.

This is lovely fantastic art work , v f l

am speechless again a very intriguing yet beguiling piece of work fv 10 x

Beautiful perspective and love the B&W. Voted.

another vote so amazing

Brilliant, love your capture of these amazing rustic places, you make come a live again!! F/V, Thank you so much Lenore for all your great support, it means a lot to me!! Cheers, Barbara

Lenore, A fascinating capture this is. I wonder why it is called a beaver slide. I read what your sister wrote about this. It is great that you two work together. Oh, sometimes I wish I had a sister. I wonder if my life would be different. F/V

Fantastic!!!! V/F

A wonderful B&W and interesting capture, Lenore. V&F

A gorgeous and dramatic work, Lenore. CONGRATULATIONS on the feature. v/f

Wow, Lenore -- I love the transormation to black-and-white! Certainly brings out the nostalgia! Yes, the beaver slide was used especially when horses still did the field work. The sweep team brought the hay and piled it at the bottom of the beaver slide, and the stacker team pushed the hay up the slide to drop into a hay crib. (The log fence around the beaver slide would not have been there at that time, of course -- that was put there later to protect the historic hay slide from being damaged by cattle.) A guy or two with pitchforks had to keep the hay evenly distributed in the crib. During the horse-drawn days, this ranch employed over 100 people during haying season. Modern equipment allows the rancher to do much more work with far fewer employees. Going back to the old way of doing things would seem to solve several problems at once, putting many people to work and cutting down on fuel emissions. Unfortunately, ranchers these days find it nearly impossible to find help who know how to do ranch work.

Beautiful in B&W!

The image is exceptional. I wish I could see a demo of this being used.

Beautiful work Lenore and Dawn! Great choice for b&w... and the light is awesome in this photo...love it!!! F&V

Great shapes and angles, beautiful landscape! fv vt

WOnderful image, Lenore. I had never heard of a beaver slide before and I imagined little fat beavers sliding down it! v/f

simply brilliant love this cool shot Lenore instant fave fv

Fantastic collaboration again!!!!

wonderfully capture, Lenore!! F&V

Beautiful!!!

amazing how inventive we humans can be...I love this in b/w...beautiful work you two... v/f

Incredible - this one is just unbelievably fabulous Lenore - wow!! F/V

It is a good thing you told me what a beaver slide is - I could not figure out how they climbed up there without a ladder :) V/F

I like!

very nostalgic!