After re-reading Wednesday’s post I realized that I might not have been exactly clear when I stated the pivot follows a straight line.  It does, it’s just a circular line.  The pivot goes around the center post, where I’m standing in the the image above, and pivots in a circle over the circumference of the field.  This particular pivot doesn’t have a swing span on it, as the previous post did, consequently three corners are utilized for stacking hay - you can see one stack in this image, covered by a tarp, and the fourth corner has a sub-station.  When setting the telemetry, you program in how many inches of water you want applied and over what period of time.  Typically, watering is set for anywhere from 12 – 48 hours, with one to two rotations.

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If you have a moment or two, check out my recent post at Vision and Verb and then linger a while to read the other fantastic posts there.

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I found out that my photo of Buster that I submitted to Diane Schuller Photography’s Pet Photo Contest was selected as one of the finalists!  How cool is that!!!  Please go to Diane’s site and vote for #5 – Buster is the Boston sniffing a bouquet of roses – see photo at left.  The shot wasn’t set up at all, with the exception that I took the bouquet outside to take some photos in the morning light and Buster came over to sniff the roses all on his own.  He’s such a sweetie.  Go vote – you have until Sunday at midnight.