Rounds of wheat straw await the tractor and flatbed trailer.

Rounds of wheat straw await the tractor and flatbed trailer.

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

Beyond a bare already harvested soybean field, a combine chews its way through another soybean crop.
Living and working in a rural area has its advantages and drawbacks, as does living anywhere. I count as an advantage – a blessing – seeing this clear evidence of the changing seasons, of seeing where food comes from, of who harvests it and how.

A combine cuts the first swathe through a soybean field. The last swathe may be done before I see the field tomorrow morning.
Back on Thursday.

Wheat harvest season is done. Bales of wheat straw await their turn.

Under a majestic early morning sky, tractors and grain bins await the days’ harvest.

A close-up look at wheat, ready for combining.
