Feed Your Animals
Just to be clear, I’m not trying to be lewd here. To explain: One weekend before the holidays, I went into the local upstate Farm and Garden store to see if I could find some canning jars, and somehow ended up in the farm animal feeding section. There are implements and objects on the shelves that I have never seen before. And, furthermore, have no clue as to what purpose they serve. However, it wasn’t a big leap to guess at what these are. (One of the best experiences of the past couple of years was bottle feeding our friends’ baby goats. OMG!) Anyway, as I did a little more digging, I realized that there is an entire industry devoted to animal feeding nipples. All shapes and sizes. Each suited to a different species. As usual, the range and variation in shape of a single item is what’s got me hooked.
Tuesday 01.17.12 at 1:14 pm
Growing up in farm country these are familiar objects to me. There is no better example of form follows function! Also, it is a good reminder to always look – you never know where you may get inspired. Thanks for the great post.
Tuesday 03.06.12 at 2:51 am
Thanks for the details on Mrs. Easton » Blog Archive » Feed Your Animals, it’ll be truly helpful.
Tuesday 05.08.12 at 11:31 am
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Friday 03.10.17 at 4:17 am
Love this post! Engaged to a farmer so I don’t see well-groomed men eve#;day&r8230;How’ys that barber shop? Awesome, wish they had one here. I would send the farmer once a week.