Winter returned today with a vengeance. After yesterdays’ temperatures of plus 12 and higher, we went down to -2 with snow and a bitter north wind. A good reminder that winter isn’t done, there is more to accept whether I like it or not.
Tag: rural scene
Dawn
Dawn, on a mid-winter day.
Take flight
Welcome
The 20+ millimeters of rain that fell over the last two days gave a welcome respite from the dry spell going back to late August. This afternoon’s sunshine was equally welcome.
Advantage
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.
Harvest
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.
Flowers and fog
Dissipates
Light fog disspates during a mild late summer morning.
Lower
You may want to lower the lights in order to better appreciate this photo of a barn at daybreak.
Sunrise, almost
The sun broke the horizon only a few minutes afterwards.
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