Meanwhile my first thought is me wondering if the hay is still safe for cows to eat. I know cows can eat hay that would harm horses but I’ve never come across a painted hay bale.
That’s really clever! Someone had too much time on their hands I think though. I wonder if someone’s farmer’s kids skipped online school one afternoon and told their parents they did it for their art class
@f00l Farm kids I know drive stuff at a young age. But you are likely right. And probably if kids were involved there was likely either parental permission or parental oversight.
@f00l@Kidsandliz@phendrick you’d be amazed what kids can do with a couple boards and rope for levers, ramps and pulleys. They still teach simple machines in school, yes?
Although nowadays, it was probably dad and the forklift …
@f00l@Kidsandliz@phendrick@stolicat
Or, that’s not really grass but moss on the ground, and the bear is only a few inches tall… or, it’s all done in Photoshop… or, it’s actually a trompe l’oeil painted piece of plywood! Agghh!
As Prince sang in Batman: Trust, who do ya?
@f00l@jester747@phendrick@stolicat Never even occurred to me it might be in miniature (although I doubt this as miniature trees don’t look like that) or photoshopped! If it is photoshopped they are VERY good at it.
they totally needed a forklift to get those top bales up there
Pyramids?
I guess my operating assumption was that, since the “whimsy hay-bale bear art thing” was created during the pandemic, they prob didn’t assemble crowds of slaves to pull/roll these bales up a complicated ramp system.
Social distancing and all.
Plus, the loc appears to be a working farm/ranch with barns and sheds for that sort of heavy motorized equipment. So, I’m also assuming that they decided to avoid unnecessary sweat and do it the modern way.
I guess I made some “they made this task easy and cheap” assumptions. : )
Or, that’s not really grass but moss on the ground, and the bear is only a few inches tall… or, it’s all done in Photoshop… or, it’s actually a trompe l’oeil painted piece of plywood! Agghh!
It’s not a miniature, it’s maybe 20-25 feet tall?
Unless … I’m really a miniature or a trompe-l’oeil. Or a photoshop artifact.
I’ve used a similar setup to the one on the pix for moving/stacking hay bales.
Know how much little kids love construction equipment? Well, moving the hay bales around was fun.
Of course, this was an occasional task, not a potentially dreary job when I was in fear of committing some error, or of not meeting some robot-worker-inspired time and productivity goals.
Meanwhile my first thought is me wondering if the hay is still safe for cows to eat. I know cows can eat hay that would harm horses but I’ve never come across a painted hay bale.
@RiotDemon
I am guessing that if these bales were to be used as feed, then people would simply remove the painted areas first
But there’s been a lot of rain, hay is plentiful and cheap; it may simply be that they feel like they can afford to make whimsy art out of the hay
That’s really clever! Someone had too much time on their hands I think though. I wonder if someone’s farmer’s kids skipped online school one afternoon and told their parents they did it for their art class
@Kidsandliz
It looks to me like at least partially adult work
they totally needed a forklift to get those top bales up there.
Tho forklifts are not hard to drive if you are familiar with a clutch
@f00l Farm kids I know drive stuff at a young age. But you are likely right. And probably if kids were involved there was likely either parental permission or parental oversight.
@f00l @Kidsandliz
Pyramids?
@f00l @Kidsandliz @phendrick you’d be amazed what kids can do with a couple boards and rope for levers, ramps and pulleys. They still teach simple machines in school, yes?
Although nowadays, it was probably dad and the forklift …
@f00l @Kidsandliz @phendrick @stolicat
Or, that’s not really grass but moss on the ground, and the bear is only a few inches tall… or, it’s all done in Photoshop… or, it’s actually a trompe l’oeil painted piece of plywood! Agghh!
As Prince sang in Batman: Trust, who do ya?
@f00l @jester747 @phendrick @stolicat Never even occurred to me it might be in miniature (although I doubt this as miniature trees don’t look like that) or photoshopped! If it is photoshopped they are VERY good at it.
@Kidsandliz @phendrick
I guess my operating assumption was that, since the “whimsy hay-bale bear art thing” was created during the pandemic, they prob didn’t assemble crowds of slaves to pull/roll these bales up a complicated ramp system.
Social distancing and all.
Plus, the loc appears to be a working farm/ranch with barns and sheds for that sort of heavy motorized equipment. So, I’m also assuming that they decided to avoid unnecessary sweat and do it the modern way.
I guess I made some “they made this task easy and cheap” assumptions. : )
@jester747 @Kidsandliz @phendrick @stolicat
It’s not a miniature, it’s maybe 20-25 feet tall?
Unless … I’m really a miniature or a trompe-l’oeil. Or a photoshop artifact.
Ok, now I’m confused.
@Kidsandliz @phendrick @stolicat
Semi-rural and “outskirts of small town” type location. So, possibly, traditional school system.
So, maybe, they still teach that stuff there.
@f00l @Kidsandliz @phendrick @stolicat probably done using one of these.
Locally they do decorating contests at Halloween each year. Lots of bales painted orange as pumpkins etc.
@chienfou
I’ve used a similar setup to the one on the pix for moving/stacking hay bales.
Know how much little kids love construction equipment? Well, moving the hay bales around was fun.
Of course, this was an occasional task, not a potentially dreary job when I was in fear of committing some error, or of not meeting some robot-worker-inspired time and productivity goals.
Super cute