"Farming is a profession of hope."
~Brian Brett
These buildings are all part of the old Sensabaugh Egg Farm. There is a very interesting story here. Mr. Sensabaugh was blind, but that did not stop him from doing all the needed chores around the farm. He could drive the tractor, plant, raise his chickens and collect the eggs plus plant and harvest potatoes. The most amazing thing is he could use electric machinery like table saws much to his wife’s chagrin. He fixed everything that broke and usually by himself. We bought eggs there for years and then potatoes. Now grasses are grown in the field for feed. You can click on the picture and then do “control +” to enlarge it.
Picture taken January 4, 2016, with Bud’s hiking waterproof & shockproof Canon PowerShot D20.
(It’s waterproof to 33 ft and shockproof to 5 ft...a bit heavy, but it does the job. He now uses his iPhone 6 all the time, and this have been handed down to me.)
Go to Tom’s backroadstraveler’s Barn Cooperative to see lots more old barns.
Picture taken January 4, 2016, with Bud’s hiking waterproof & shockproof Canon PowerShot D20.
(It’s waterproof to 33 ft and shockproof to 5 ft...a bit heavy, but it does the job. He now uses his iPhone 6 all the time, and this have been handed down to me.)
Go to Tom’s backroadstraveler’s Barn Cooperative to see lots more old barns.
Great post, Mr Sensabaugh sounds like an amazing man. Great barn and farm photo. Have a happy new week!
ReplyDeleteGood eggs? P.
ReplyDeleteIn these parts small egg farms are a thing of the past. Thanks for sharing this week Genie. I hope to see more rural Virginia scenes soon.
ReplyDeleteSome people have, despite handicaps a gift to do their job very well.
ReplyDeleteAmazing picture.
Greetings Sadie
I'm totally amazed that a blind person could use power tools...or do the kinds of chores this farmer did, for that matter!
ReplyDeleteLove the farming quote. I am a big proponent of Hope.
ReplyDeleteMr. Sensabaugh was a great example of adaptability.
Our 5 yr old grandson has a prosthetic foot. When they were here for the holidays I looked out the kitchen window and he had climbed the tree I often feature with the bird feeders. A comfort to a grandmother's heart.
Nice old farm!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting and amazing person Mr Sensbaugh was; must have been a joy to have known someone like him (and his brave wife too). So now with the new hand-me-down from Bud you don't have any excuse not to go out in the nastiest weather to take pictures? (I'm not sure that is a good thing ;>) . Take care out there!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great farmer Mr. S. is/was. I love the quote at the top.
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I remember there used to be egg farms/chicken houses around here. I miss the days when most of our food was locally produced.
ReplyDeleteNanalou told me that she bought eggs there and the law dictated that he candle the eggs before he sold them -which he dutifully did, although he couldn't see the results!
ReplyDeleteInteresting photo and story. Farming is the second most dangerous vocation after coal mining. Being blind must increase that risk. Don't know how he did field work with a tractor? Fine post.
ReplyDeleteMr. Sensabaugh would be a man I'd like to meet and spend the day with.
ReplyDeleteHow pretty...!
ReplyDeleteI wish you a happy 2016 full of peace and health!
How this appeals to me...so makes me think of home. It is amazing he could do all that stuff and him blind.
ReplyDeleteMr. S sounds like a fantastic gentleman.
ReplyDeletewow i wish i could have met him!
ReplyDeleteAmazing story about the owner.
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