“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hay Bales on Honey Pond, Vermont
Old Barns, Mendocino
Still Life, Mendocino
“Farming is a profession of hope” ~ Brian Brett
Days Gone By, Mendocino
Morning, Sea Ranch Barn
Hay Bales and Fence, Vermont
Barn Window and Nail, Vermont
“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be” ~ Peter De Vries
Still Life II, Mendocino
Morning Light and Grasses, Sea Ranch, CA
Peaceful Morning, Honey Pond, Vermont
Jane Lurie Photography 
Love the photos & the quotes ! Can see why ‘reclaimed barn’ wood is in such demand.
Having grown up on a farm, these are nostalgic to me. Thanks! Dsupp
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Diane, I really could have spent all day shooting at the abandoned farm in Mendocino. It’s now on State Park property. I love the textures and colors- glad it brought back good memories. Thank you!
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A wonderful series! I’m not sure how or why, but I seem to have missed a few of your recent posts and yours is one blog I truly do follow faithfully. I always find your work to be thought-provoking, ah-HA inspiring and just plain good.
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Patricia, You are so thoughtful to let me know. Thank you very much–it means a lot– you have a wonderful eye. We sure share a love of shooting old buildings among other things. Again, I appreciate your kind words. 😊
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I liked how you captured the weathered look of the barns. Very nice.
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Thanks so much, David. I was really captivated by these barns– I love the textures and colors. Glad you do, too.
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This would have been my dad’s favorite series; he was in love with old homesteads and barns. Still Life ll is my favorite – what wonderful patterns and texture in that wood.
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That’s very nice, Dave. I was really into shooting the Still Life shots…it was a great spot. Thank you. I saw your post about your Dad. I’m very sorry for your loss. I just tried to go back on and WP said it’s now private? Must be a glitch.
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The website or the post? I’ve been playing with my categories and menus the last few hours so I may have given WP a hernia.
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Hi Dave– FYI, when I click on your link, it says it’s a protected WP site and I need a password. Never have seen that before on any blogs.
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Thanks Jane. Would you try this link and see if it works? It certainly shouldn’t be blocking you.
http://snowschuler11.wordpress.com/
thanks!
I do have another site with an almost identical,URL and it is private, actually not even in use. Its the same without the number 11 in it. If you are linked to that one you would get a message like that.
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Hi Dave – I got on with this link. The other I clicked on via your comment on my blog in my manage comments page. Glad it works. Thanks.
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Oh good. I must have been logged into that other blog when I visited yours. Thanks again.
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Lovely photos. Whenever I see an old barn I have the urge to go sit quietly inside and listen to the stories it has to tell. Your pictures captured that feeling.
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Hi Kathy- I agree….barns have a particular feel to them. So much history in many of them. Thank you for your kind compliment.
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I love revisiting Honey Pond….love any visit to the country as my grandfather was a simple farmer! Sea Ranch photos also great!
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Hello Linda, Love to bring you back to the farm, my friend. There is a simplicity that nature brings and it’s what I felt shooting many of these images. Thank you!
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Where would we be without farmers? I love how you show your appreciation for rural life.
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Hi Sherry– So true. Very nice of you and happy you enjoyed this series. I loved shooting them. Thank you!
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Love Still Life, Mendocino.
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Thank you, Rochelle. One of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed it.
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What FABULOUS..”PEACEFUL” shots!! Just love the B&W mixed in with the color…feeling two different responses….the B&W sort of mysterious & the color more serene!! Love the effect on ‘morning light & grasses’!! But..of course…I am partial to the VT shots…..BRILLIANT!!
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HI April, I was looking forward to you seeing this set. I knew they would speak to you. Vermont is special, too, because of you and G. Thank you, friend.
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G’day Jane enjoyed the trip down memory lane looking at all the rustic remnants beautiful compositions.
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Hi Pauline- G’Day to you and thank you. Glad you liked these old buildings. It was a real creative surge shooting these. Hope all is well with you and Jack down under.
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Still loving life Jane 🙂
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Your photo of the Mendocino barns is very reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World.”
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Hi Atreyee, That is a most flattering observation, thank you so much. I had a great time shooting this old farm and buildings.. a gorgeous morning in Mendocino. Appreciate your visit.
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Lovely set Jane, looks like your lens was on high alert at Honey Pond. Sadly that’s the only way I’ll set it this year!
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Thanks, Tina. High alert always.😉 Glad you enjoyed these.
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You really have brought your work up to the next level. Yes, we can all smell the hay.
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Hi Kathy– Such kind words, thank you very much. Glad your senses are awakened!
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I suppose you know that I first 17 years of my life on a farm—small (100 acres and that is small, small, small in the farm world) and just outside of Hamilton by 5 miles—in the 50’s and especially early 60’s when I was a teenager, it might as well have been a 100miles—and your quotes were spoken by men and women who get it deep down in their souls—BUT, growing up and living that philosophy tends to allow to accommodate the rest of your life pretty darn well—pictures are wonderful and evoke the “smells” of the country which is what has brought us back to central NY—love to you both.
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Hi MC– Your comment is wonderful! Yes, I remember that you grew up there and have farming in your blood. Means a lot when you say that these images evoke such strong memories. Made my day. Thank you and sending love to you in the countryside.
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Awesome display of textures in the still life photos. And Honey Pond, so beautiful in B&W.
Sea Ranch again one of my faves . . . You’re the best!
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Hi Linda, Thanks very much for letting me know- so nice. Makes me happy to know you’re enjoying them. Hope you are doing well.
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Another great series. Especially liked the close-up of the grasses.
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Hi Jane– I shot a lot of grasses– glad you like this one. I especially like backlighting. Thanks so much.
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Having just returned from Honey Pond, I loved the revisit through your lens! Peaceful morning to you! Linda
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I am certain you had a fabulous time in VT. Glad this set was timely for you, Linda. What a feast for my lens and a serene morning of shooting there. Thanks, friend.
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Awesome series!
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Thank you, Jurgen. Nice coming from you. Appreciate it.
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You’re most welcome, Jane!
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Fantabulous!!!! Yes, I did mean to spell it that way!!
Sent from my iPhone
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Helen- Ha! Thanks so much….a wonderful word and compliment. So nice.
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As one who lives in Wisconsin, surrounded by dairy farms, let me say I greatly enjoyed your photos!
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Hi catlover60– Coming from one who knows farms, that’s a great compliment. Thanks so much.
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Yes, that second photo is very striking – and very reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World”. Perhaps if you went back and did a self portrait…
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Hi Cnawan, A comparison to Wyeth is greatly appreciated. That could be a series replicating famous paintings–although poor Christina had polio. I loved this scene when I shot it and I’m glad you do, too. Thank you so much.
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A lovely mix of rich textures
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Thank you, Wendy. Between the grasses and the old wood, I could have spent days shooting. Glad you enjoyed this set.
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Hi Jane, i’m usually drawn right to monochrome images but the 2nd photo in this series really catches my eye. I really get a sense of place from this one. Have a great night Mark
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Hi Mark, That’s really nice to hear, thank you. I was pleased with that composition and it’s good to hear that it worked for you. Thank you for letting me know. Hope all is well.
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Beautiful. Reminds me of my job of rolling the bales of hay after a rain so they wouldn’t rot. At times there was a snake hiding under the bale.
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Sharon–What a great childhood memory. I’m glad that this set brought them back. I never knew you had to roll the bales… Thanks for enjoying.
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