Last Clothes Dried, Final Holes Dug - clothesline and posthole digger at Stensby homestead in ND Acrylic Print

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"Last Clothes Dried, Final Holes Dug"
This clothesline at the Stensby homestead dried untold thousands of loads of laundry, and is perfectly ready to go back into service for another thousand. It was built in the "farmer tradition" of "when in doubt, build it stout, out of things you know about". The posthole digger leaning against the pole was found buried in the grass beneath the lines. Most likely, Maynard used it to dig these very same holes for the clothesline posts. Not sure why it ended up there, but it sure did make a nice coincidence. The dramatic cirrus clouds are what drew me out to shoot on this day, as explained in yesterdays seven-year time-lapse post shot from the chicken coop window. Check my timeline if you missed that one!

Image captured 6/15/21 at Benson County, ND location.

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...