More Farm Work...

Here are just a few more of the shots for the CSA farm story that I'm doing (see below). Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Jim examines his corn before a late evening of picking for the upcoming Farmer's Market.

Jim plants a minute lettuce plant in a row of freshly tilled soil.

Jim picks his steps carefully as he examines the delicate vines of his maturing melons.

After a long evening of work, Jim looks back over his field in the last dying rays of evening light.

Concerts, Disasters, Rodeos and Fairs

Marylin Manson performs at the Sleep Train Amphitheater.

Tracy Sisemore, left, and Tammy Engrahm process Brandon Nichols, 8, through a decontamination tent during a mock disaster drill.. Rideout Memorial Hospital conducted the mock disaster drill to test the hospital's ability to treat a mass surge of patients exposed to a deadly toxic explosion from a chemical holding tank.

Tammy Engrahm peers out from behind the curtain of a decontamination tent during the mock disaster drill.

Tammy Engrahm, left, and Tracy Sisemore attempt to communicate through their level C hazmat suits.
(To see more pictures of both the Manson concert and the disaster drill, check out: http://appealdemocrat.smugmug.com/Staff%20Photo%20Galleries)

Matt Dunsmore kneels in prayer before competing in the PBR Discovery Tour at the Yuba City Fairgrounds

Tony Leal takes a breather during the peach pie eating contest at the Peach Festival

Reece Ingvoldsen, 18 months, attempts to feed a cow at the Yuba Sutter Fair

Picturing Irony: Alyssa Lamb, 9, learns how to handshear an ewe lamb for the first time at the Yuba-Sutter Fair.

A. Reed MacKay grieves as he watches Yuba City firefighters continue to battle a blaze that gutted the garage of his house