Then we get a nice frosty day and I found myself meandering around looking for some good pictures. During this time of year, there is more time to indulge in a little 'artistic creativity.' And, if I am feeling like I'd like to discover some new angle in photography, I go back and revisit areas that have fallen into the 'not now' and perhaps 'not ever' categories. Why? Because, it is the places I don't frequent as often on the farm that I might find insights that wouldn't announce themselves to me otherwise.
In this case, the insight is merely a confirmation of something I think I've believed for some time now. Not every part of a working farm needs to be 'cleaned up' and not every gate has to 'go somewhere.' As humans, we have a tendency to believe that everything has to work for us and that it is a sin to not take advantage of every resource. While I do not believe in being wasteful, I also am not so full of myself to believe that the needs of the humans on the farm are, by necessity, larger than other beings that make the farm their home. Sometimes it is the 'messy' areas that become the most useful by providing that location where the frogs and toads can hibernate or the the ground nesting bees can manage their colony with minimal disturbance.
Does this gate do anything in particular to provide habitat? Oddly enough, it does. The gate will not open the way it is. Which means the humans don't go behind it without significant effort. The farmers put up fences to exclude varmints from getting at the chickens or the broccoli. Well, here is a case where a fence is being used to keep the varmint farmers out. In a weird way, I actually find that refreshing.
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