Some Rural Ramblings…
Sunday afternoon The Farmer decided he wanted to show me the farms along one rural roads he travels on the way to work every week-day. He told me not to forget my camera, and off we went.
Here’s the pictures from that trip, in the order I took them as we were driving down the road. . .
Lots of farmers have been baling hay. When I was younger, it was all square bales. Of course they really aren’t square, they’re rectangular… but anyway, I digress.
They look rather like big jelly rolls. . .
In this part of the world, you see a lot of fields of cotton, soybeans and corn. As you’re driving down the road, this particular combo has cotton in the first field, and corn in the field beside it.
Cotton in the front, corn in the back.
Here’s a close-up of the cotton field… I like all the long, neat rows.
"Oh, I wish I were in the land of cotton..."
It was just a beautiful summer day, if a trifle hot (high 90s).
Big fields and Big sky!
Did I mention a lot of farmers are baling hay?
No shortage of hay this year!
We went by a farm pond with a dead tree in it.
Farm pond.
There was a vulture in the field beside the pond.
I'm just sitting here: you can car-rion.
They’re not exactly the loveliest bird to see up close. . .
Looking for food in all the wrong places?
But they sure can fly! Oh, and by the way… you DID notice more hay in the making in this field?
This fence line caught my eye.
There's more to this fence than first meets the eye.
Most of the fence isn’t that remarkable, but the corner post is decorated.
Signs of patriotism in the south!
And on that note, I’ll end for the day. Check back tomorrow for part 2 of our Rural Ramblings!
