Hauled

Wagon loads of wheat straw are hauled to storage.

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Good for them!

On a recent summer morning this towering cumulus presaged rain. Not for us, for fortunate others. Good for them!

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Rounds

Rounds of wheat straw await the tractor and flatbed trailer.

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Awaits

On a hazy and very hot morning, winter wheat awaits the combine.

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Captured

I stopped this morning to take a few photos. This one best captured the feel of the morn – very hot (26C), very humid, very still. A day and a landscape waiting for relief, for release, from the unusually long hot spell we have endured for almost a week.

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An oasis amidst the heat

We are so blessed that our back yard is (relatively) cool and inviting on this day, when the humidex reached 46C, or 115F.  We can feel and listen to the breeze, listen to the grass grow.

This is the real world. This weather is uncomfortable, unpleasant, potentially dangerous. It is quite possibly a precursor of what is to come in the years ahead. It is good to be comfortable with appreciating the real world.

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Got down

I got down on their level to capture a different perspective of these fungi sprouting from a trunk in the back yard.

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Gaily

Forget-Me-Nots gaily fill a small space between a sidewalk and concrete foundation.

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Caress

Brilliantly lit contrails cross cross the morning sky while the land waits for the suns’ caress.

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