Betsy Perreten's Photos of my Farm
Betsy Perreten, my longtime stable manager, has a keen interest in photography and she’s always sharing her images with me. I asked her to put together a guest blog so that I could post some of her photos for all of you to enjoy. I think that it’s always fascinating to see familiar scenes through someone else’s lens. Betsy shoots with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and a Canon EOS Rebel T21.
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- Betsy’s rescued cats, Blaze and Tipper, enjoy frolicking outdoors.
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- A cool and refreshing drink from a hose
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- What is Blaze looking for?
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- A rushing stream deep in the woods
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- The stone wall has been there for many, many years and was obviously built to accommodate the flowing water.
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- Tipper is quite an agile climber.
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- A very dramatic sky as seen from Betsy’s porch at the Maple Avenue house
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- The tall spikes of Spanish bluebells
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- A lupine being visited by a common eastern bumble bee, a great pollinator of flowers and numerous fruit and vegetable crops, including tomatoes, blueberries and cucumbers.
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- Architectural details of the stable with a setting crescent moon
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- Another great shot of Rinze – this time on vacation in Maine
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- These spiders weave sheet-like webs and hang beneath them. Insects get caught on the sheet and the spider bites through the web to paralyze her prey, which is now her next meal.
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- A thick, foggy morning at the stable
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- The boxwood attracts sheet web spiders.
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- An unfurling clematis bloom
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- An autumn maple contrasted against an amazing deep blue sky
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- Another day another view
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- Autumn leaves through the wavy glass panes of the stable doors.
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- More autumn through wavy glass
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- A frost pattern on a big window in the stable
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- And another
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- A watchful eye
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- A trail of an unidentified critter
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- A view of a gurgling brook
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- One of the hayfields taken from the woods
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- These tracks across the field were actually made by Betsy’s snow shoes.
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- Another silvery shot of downy snow upon the paddock fencing
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- This red maple looks fantastic covered with snow. The photo is reminiscent of a black and white silver print, which Ansel Adams was famous for.
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- Last spring’s fragrant hyacinths
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- And my beautiful weeping cherry near the stable
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- A very handsome portrait of Rinze outdoors in Bedford.
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- Last week’s perigee moon rising taken from inside my stable – It was the biggest moon seen in 18 years – 14% bigger and 30% brighter to our eye.
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