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Elise Koning

@eekoning.bsky.social
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Farmer, Shepherd, Writer, Photographer. Purdue Boilermaker. Digging deep into conservation agriculture and agricultural diversity in the Midwest. Likes sheep, rocks, and really good music.

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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
@noswpod.bsky.social I listened to Evensong of the Wild this morning on my way to the farm and really enjoyed the bird song. After taking care of the livestock, I started up the episode again and began to pull out of the driveway. But it turned out I'd forgotten to turn the electric fence on again.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Looking for a fit and flare/A-line dress for June in North Carolina. What shop do you recommend?
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"
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danniemcq @danniemcq.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"...the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land. Confusion all around....But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars." ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I'd love to figure out where this picture was taken. I'm guessing State Fairgrounds near the track.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
My daisies at the house 🌼
White daisies all together. Photo by EE Koning
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our customer and friend John crafts beautiful wool products from our Shropshire fleeces. Here's a story from the Greencastle Wool Show this past weekend about this green and white bookmark: sylvansundays.beehiiv.com/p/handcrafted #agsky #sheepsky #Shropshiresheep #farming #shepherding #wool
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Handcrafted
On a gift made from our wool.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My org's agriculture tour of southeastern South Dakota is shaping up to have a really cool agenda. Banquet menu is dynamite and our keynote is fighter pilot Kim "KC" Campbell, who flew an A-10 Thunderbolt that was shot over Baghdad. She's one of the only people to land the plane in manual mode.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Diversity leads to resilience, not just agriculturally, but economically, environmentally, and humanly. indfarmsoul.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/d...
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
After a few lambing seasons of having a majority ram lambs, we have had mostly ewes born this year, which will rejuvenate our Shetland flock. This ewe lamb was born yesterday to an excellent mother, one of my favorite ewes.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I am looking for a way to sync my Scrivener projects to an Android phone app so I can work on the go. What suggestions do you have for working with Scrivener on Android? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #WIP
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Beautiful Shetland twin ewe lambs born yesterday toward the end of a heavy rainstorm with strong gales.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A mouse with a dill pickle, multiple ways to write, and late starts: that's what's encouraging me this week. indfarmsoul.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/w... #blog #blogging #amwriting #writersky
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
High winds and thunderstorms coming in today. I just got off the tractor, and it got cold up there with the wind cutting west to east!
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Web designers: the nonprofit I work with is looking for a new design. Create the look for an information center! Below is the RFP for more info. If you know a good website designer, please pass this along 🙂 #marketing #communications #webdesign #websites #RFP
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My org is putting together a great #conservationag tour May 6-7 around Sioux Falls, SD. Soil pits, a farm tour, a waterfall, and good food (including local buffalo!). Check out the link below for agenda, sign-up, and group & farmer discounts! ctic.org/tour #agsky #southdakota #soilhealth #regen
People around a soil pit. Photo by CTIC.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Mice with swords like Reepicheep, Martin the Warrior, and Mattimeo are giving me courage today. ⚔️🐁⚔️
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Merry Time Change, Merry Time Change, "but I think I'll skip this one this year." #stayingoncentraltime
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Be a handwritten letter in a world full of emails.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Just drove over to Illinois to see the planetary alignment. It was right on the edge of a cloud 🙂 So cool!
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Look up for the camera 🙂 #lambing2025 #agsky #farmlife
Eight young lambs look up at camera. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Dag Ole Nordhaug @nordhaug.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
January gold. Trondheim, Norway. 2021.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Whoa. Wow. 🔥
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Enjoying the sunshine. 🥰
Five lambs lying in straw. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Lambing 2025 began today! Olive had twin ewes. She's the kind of ewe that's a content mum.
Ewe and twin lambs in pen in barn. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Let's see what happens with ye olde blog. What winding path shall I tread this time? #writing #writingsky #blogging
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the path to take with my writing
It’s been more than two years since I’ve written anything on this platform. I let my WordPress subscription lapse as I was working with other projects and trying out other platforms. Th…
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Our smallest kitty is the perfect size for curling up on our dog's toy llama for a nap.
Gray and black cat with tail curled around lying on toy llama. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
With feels-like temps at -8 F last night and real at 0 F this morning, there was ice to break in the stock tanks. Last year, we began using multiple small tanks instead of one big tank. That helped keep the water liquid for longer. Doing that again this year. So far, so good! #agsky #farming
Pygmy doe drinks from icy water tank. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I wrote this 25 years ago, when I was 18 and leaving a mental health facility. It still helps me.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Our farm animals and Christmas trees were on the evening news last night! Skittles the Llama definitely stole the show 🦙 Video: youtu.be/_43g57u-jhM?...
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Farmers share insight on diversifying the midwest agricultural landscape
YouTube video by WTHI-TV
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
-5 F for the low temp today. I'm glad we still have a lot of snow around; it makes the cold fun, especially when watching dogs and kitties play in the snow. #inwx
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Mia the Sheepdog-in-Training. Her abilities are fascinating. During the photo shoot, she heard or saw something I couldn't hear or see and so looked off into the distance the whole time. She learns commands quickly, too, and it's fun working on new tasks with her.
Dog resembling German Shepherd or Belgian Malinois stands in snow in front of big round hay bale. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Afternoon shadows on the snow.
The shadow of a wooden fence post stretches across the snow. Footprints angle in snow. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Flew to Des Moines yesterday, about to fly home. My org's exec. dir. and I strategized for the #conservation #ag tour we're leading in S. Dakota this May, then we met with a board member and marketer for great food and convos that turned into LOTR and NZ discussions. My brain is happy 🙂 #soilhealth
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Seven inches of snow here. It was relaxing watching it fall yesterday. Birds flitted from branch to branch of the juniper tree outside our bedroom window.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The Hillside Pasture holds some of my favorite views on the farm. From one ridge, I can look out over the Creekside Field and see the cows grazing half a mile away. At the back gate, I can see the sheep, goats, and llamas gathered around the hay feeders. sylvansundays.beehiiv.com/p/the-hillsi...
Looking up from the bottom of a hill, patches of snow over brown grass. A line of trees is in the distance. The hill leads upward to ripples of clouds. Taken in December. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I've always loved seeing snow through the end of the covered bridge. Today, on our way home from chores, I had the chance to make a photo of it. So here's a snapshot into the view I see on my daily drive.
Wooden boards, walls and roof of a covered bridge frame snowy road, hill, and trees. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
✔️ Water ✔️ Mineral ✔️ Hay We're all set for whatever winter weather is headed our way! #sheep #goats #llamas #farming #agsky #inwx
Water tanks fill from tank on vehicle while sheep, goats, and llamas eat hay in the background. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Happy Tolkien Day!
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I'm listening to the U.K.'s Classic FM via the Global Player app as I work this evening. The music is so calming and beautiful; I've written down several titles to listen to again later.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
No video, but here's the link:
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Hoosiers kick off the New Year in the Indiana State Parks and conservation areas
PARKE COUNTY, Ind.(WTHI) - Across Indiana, Hoosiers kicked off 2025 with a hike in the beauty of the state parks and conservation areas.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A lovely start to the New Year with a First Day Hike at a local nature area. A TV reporter walked with us, and I was interviewed for the 6 p.m. news! I'll post the link here when the video is uploaded to the news site 🙂
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year's Eve!
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snoopy is dancing with his arms outstretched in front of a red background .
ALT: snoopy is dancing with his arms outstretched in front of a red background .
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
These two photos have the same vantage point: the window of a covered bridge. First photo was taken Nov. 13, second was taken today. I'm thankful for all the water we're getting; we need it. #inwx #agsky
Creek with low water table, sandbars showing. Creek is lined by trees without leaves. Photo by Elise Koning. Swollen creek with muddy water, lined by leafless trees. The frame of a covered bridge window lines the upper picture. Photo by Elise Koning.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Winter doesn't have to keep you down. There are ways to thrive in this season, says members of the Purdue Farm Stress Team. #agsky #staywell #farming #winter #health farmers-exchange.net/detailPage.a...
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The Farmer's Exchange Online Speakers: Take Time to Refresh Your Ag Passion
The Farmer's Exchange Online Edition is the place to go for agriculture news and events, your source for auctions of all varieties in the northern Indiana, Southwestern Michigan, and parts of Ohio and...
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
What are your best book recommendations for 2025? Not looking for any genre in particular, so send me anything you like!
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
2024 was my first year for using the Bullet Journal system, and it has rocked my world. I have one-sentence memories for every day of the year; my head is clear; and it's a good system after years of struggling to find a planner that works.
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Elise Koning @eekoning.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Struthless is one of my favorite YouTubers. Here's a clever, rhymy way to review 2024! youtu.be/H1GEnSe9o_E?...
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How to ACTUALLY review your 2024
YouTube video by struthless
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