When my parents lived on Jekyll Island, there were huge flocks of wild turkeys on the island. And sadly, they liked the golf courses a lot. It would not be uncommon to have to chase 25+ turkeys off the greens so you could play through. And they left a lot of evidence of their presence behind.

The other side of the coin is that your grandfather's farm is now part of this guy's farm and that's why he needs this type of equipment. Not a bad thing but reality. What we need to do is keep our farmland in our hands, not those of foreigners.

Hey Joe. See the post above. When I responded to you, I clicked on the wrong quote box.

And quiet. It was real quiet up there with only faint rustles of a breeze. Appreciate the 5 exclamation points Joe. Don't know that I've seen those used before. After I was done with the picture taking, I just sat on that bench for about 15 minutes and just soaked it up.

Thanks Eugene, for taking the time to check this out and comment. I'd been up on to of Mt. Jeez before on lesser days and knew there would be a good view but I was not expecting this. Glad you liked it too.

Jim, I think it's a variant of the Deere 8 RX 370 series which has treads instead of tires.

Or a wind farm either. Glad you like it and thanks for looking in.

Appreciate your comments, Mike. Since it became a state park, it's a working farm again with about 80 acres planted. It's also got a small herd of cows and horses. And a woods with a sugar bush. What I didn't realize is that some scenes from the Shawshank Redemption were shot here. Don't know which ones but the old Ohio State Reformatory which was the prison in the movie is about 10 miles away in Mansfield, OH.

Thanks for looking in.

Thanks for looking in and commenting Barbara. I've not seen skies like this in a long time. Then again, I don't end up on top of a hill with a 270 deg view of the horizon either. Glad you liked them.

Like this set Joe. It's a nice mix of flare and function. I particularly like the first two but my mind races to wonder what an Anglican Rite Catholic Church is.

You're right about the rapid advance of technology in farming. I've never been a farmer but I was a supplier to John Deere, Caterpillar for specialized tooling to assemble some of their tractors. Who would have thought that planting and fertilizing would be guided by GPS to insure optimal performance and uniformity. Only God knows what farming will be like for our grandchildren.

Beautiful set of pictures of the Outer Banks. Barrier islands along the east coast from the Outer Banks to Florida have a lot in common but also certain features that make each one unique. I think your images capture the range of landscapes one might find there. I've not seen the Wright Brotherw Memorial before. Thanks for sharing.

Another great set of images, Mike. Saltwater marshes have a feel unto themselves. They even have a smell of their own too. Any critters out at that hour. Most people focus on ibis, herons, pelicans and gulls but there also might be a lot of wild turkey too.

Thanks for sharing

Great set Jack. Really liked the bears. Bet you didn't take these in your backyard, which begs the question, where did you take these.

I took this picture with my cellphone from the top of Mount Jeez in Malabar Farm State Park near Mansfield, Ohio. The sky was stunning on a warm spring afternoon with cumulus clouds riding atop rising thermals. And it seemed as if there were miles and miles of them.

But you may ask yourself what is Malabar Farm and why is it a state park. In the late 1930s Lous Bromfield, a Pulitzer-Prize winning author bought the 800 acre farm as a get-a-way and to satisfy a life-long dream to have a farm. Bromfield was friends with many in Hollywood and his home in Ohio became popular with many film stars because Europe was too dangerous to visit pre and during WW(II. One of his friends who spent time at Malabar was Humphrey Bogart. On May 21, 1945, Bogie married Lauren Bacall in "The Big House", Bromfield's manor house on the farm.

Bromfield's Malabar farm lies in the valley below in this picture and the barns are visible at the far right. Mount Jeez is part of the farm and is a 400' hill with an open view of the valley from Malabar farm at the right to Pleasant Hill Lake, on the left, formed by a dam on the Clear Fork of the Mohican River.

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