Last Light Over The Fields

 

Holding On

 

Caring For The Crops, Modern Style

 

Rural Textures

 

Sun Setting On A Way Of Life

 

There hasn't been livestock on most farms for 20 or 30 years, so the barns are left to crumble.  It's too expensive to repair them, especially since they only house raccoons and possums now.

The Start of Things To Come

 

Red, White and Blue

 

Drama From The Skies

 

Spectacular Fall

 

Farm Dressed All In White

 

Just A Fall Day In Paradise

 

Waking Up The Soybeans

 

Summer Cottage

 

 

This reminds me of the little cottages people used to have along the river.  Usually called summer cottages, they were the sanity-saving weekend escape from town and job in the days before air conditioning.  Very basic, furnished with mismatched cast-offs, and, if you were lucky, featuring a screened porch where you could sip cold fresh-squeezed lemonade and visit with the neighbors.

Golden Hour Down On The Farm

Fun With Computers

A blah foggy day, time on my hands, and Photoshop.  Yay!

Down For The Count

So many fine old barns have been torn down over the years.  It makes sense.  Why maintain something that has no use anymore?  It was our grandparents' way of life, but will never be ours or our childrens', with but a few exceptions.

Today, less than 1% of our population are full-time farmers.  That's a scary thing, when much of our food is now being imported from countries which don't have the safety standards we do.  In America we have historically produced the highest quality food for the cheapest price.  It's ominous to watch that change.

Foggy Farm

Soft And Silent

Meandering Through The Countryside

Just waiting while the crops grow.

Meeting Expectations