I love this painting, too, but having tried haying using a scythe I can you it’s back-breaking and hot work at the height of summer! It looks pretty in paintings though.
Historic Painting: “Harvest Rest” by George Cole, 1865.

The Writing Life at Middlemay Farm
I love this painting, too, but having tried haying using a scythe I can you it’s back-breaking and hot work at the height of summer! It looks pretty in paintings though.