Evening, Lambton County

The rounded, soft shapes of the hay bale and trees contrast with the sharp, angularity of the corn stubble.

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Dull?

This season’s colours are muted. The sky is often cloudy, blue-grey for days at a time. Fields are shades of tan, brown, dun. Dull? Perhaps, to some sensibilities. My sensitivity to shades and grades of colour is heightened, sharpened. I try to appreciate these muted scenes for their own beauty.

Blanket

A light white blanket softens the corduroy of a harvested cornfield.

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Wild turkeys

We drove down a country road the other day, rounded a curve, and came across a flock of turkeys. I coasted to a stop, got the camera, and began snapping.

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Corn and . . .

. . . something else. Do you see it? Can you tell what it is?

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Tousled

Soon this cornfields’ tousled, untidy hairdo will be shorn right down.

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Phalanx

Alone and isolated yet with spears at the ready, this phalanx of corn stands ready to do battle with the combine.

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