Rakish (rey’-kish) adjective smart; jaunty; dashing
Smart
I received this picture with a text that said "A picture of the 50s model tractor I'm using to rake hay taken with my iPhone." Oh the irony!
Jaunty
Jaunty means self confident. Nothing hotter. Just saying.
For those of you unfamiliar with making hay, I will give a short explanation of how it works. You cut the ripe grass with a swather, which lays it out in long rows called windrows. Once the top of that cut grass dries down, it is raked. My farmer is raking the hay in these photos. Raking the hay turns the windrow over so the grass underneath can dry, it can also combine two windrows into one larger row, thereby creating less work for the baler. The baler rolls or presses the hay into bales, wrapping them with twine, wire or mesh. Viola – haying 101.
The rake in action.
Dashing
I love the connectedness technology allows. And I love My ‘rakish’ Farmer.
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Isn’t he absolutely rakish? Yes, yes he is. Lucky girl.
Love this post! The pics are great, and it is crazy when you think about what we do and how little some processes have changed, yet now we’re sharing a picture message on your smart phone of it! Crazy.
All I can say is thank goodness for technology, it makes staying in touch with each other SO much easier!
to funny. I like that one. As for us we are in the same boat (or tractor) right at the moment. Hay making has fallen on us once again and we find ourselves in the fields day after day after day.
Just not today as we got just enough rain to make everything to wet to cut.
Great pics.