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Snow-covered farmyard at first light, a roofed stone well on one side and a log byre with its door open on the other, rail fence and village roofs beyond

the yard at first light

The yard is a defined space with a boundary and an owner, and in this tradition the owner is not only the farmer.

Basis: The Russian farmyard and its spirit · AI-generated

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Pale woollen blanket with a dark sweat stain across it, hung over the rail of an empty stall, rope coiled on the post and straw on the floor

the horse that sweats at night →

Whole dark rye loaf with coarse salt heaped in a hollow in its crust, set on a white cloth on a byre window sill with snow outside

bread and salt in the byre →