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Poets, artists and songwriters, have for many years have observed the annual harvest period. A major agricultural point in the year celebrated culturally and socially, especially in our earlier times. The time of the year to gather in the results of seeds sown months before as the Summer comes to an end is joyous and […]
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Harvest, the season of the gathering of crops. The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon haerfest (“autumn”) or the Old High German herbist. Harvest has been a season of rejoicing from the remotest times. (Britannica – https://www.britannica.com/topic/harvest) Artists have captured the annual harvest period, so important and celebrated culturally and socially, especially in our earlier […]
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From August through November across the Northern Hemisphere, vineyard workers are busy with their annual grape harvests. The “grape crush” begins as grapes start to change color, from their bright green hues to greenish yellow for some white varieties or to red, purple or almost black for red varieties. Winemakers check their grapes frequently during the […]
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