Every year when harvest is finished, the last acre cut, last bushel deposited in the truck to head to town, my heart wells thankfulness and at some point my tongue gives voice to a favorite old hymn of mine. “The God of harvest praise, In loud thanksgiving raise, Hand, Heart and Voice………” Harvest is […]
Nonsense and Dr. Seuss and June Already
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” ~ Dr. Seuss Ah, yes, Dr. Seuss, I so […]
Milo and Sunshine and Fall
Fall and Fields Sunshine and Stalks Combine and Cutting Milo and Machines Trucks and Trailers Acres and Augers Loads and Leaves Rows and Row Head ……………………………………………….. Beauty from our 2017 milo harvest. Capturing a few farm frames is a long time favorite of mine. Every year, grateful. Grateful for harvest gathered in one time more. […]
Ten Things That Shout of Harvest
1. the rustling, rustling of the swaying golden wheat 2. the combine lumbering across the field, turning into the next swath, header lowered and ready to gobble up the grain 3. tractor and grain cart circling back and forth between combines and trucks 4. hot, hot temps beating down and reflecting off the stubble left […]
On Harvest
This morning I can almost twist the atmosphere in my hands and wring it right out like a dishrag. The heat and humidity press in around me leaving me feeling quite similar to a rather limp dishrag. To the north, the evening brings us a building storm and streaks of lightning punctuate the landscape. No […]
Exceedingly. Abundantly.
God is able. Exceedingly. Abundantly. God is steadfast. Immoveable. Amazing. God is Producer. Sprouting. Ripening. God is Father. Loving. Blessing. God is Provider. Increasing. Supplying. God is mighty. Powerful. Glorious. God does not forget us. Savior. Comforter. JEHOVAH-JIREH ~ the Lord Who Provides. This, THIS is my God, my Abba. Your God, your Abba. ………………………………………………………………………… […]
Of Dreams and Truck Driving
Once upon a time, long long ago, seventeen-years-long-and-SHORT-ago, after a long, long wait and labor, a big-eyed baby girl was born. She had a soft wisp of dark hair, chibby-chubby cheeks and a little button nose just right for kissing. This girl was cuddled and loved and she grew into a chattery toddler cherub. She […]
Waiting For Harvest
Waiting for harvest, Waiting this year, Wheat growing golden, Time’s drawing near. Listen? You hear it? Rustling stalks. Waiting for harvest, Wheat fields, they talk. They whisper “It’s coming. Coming quite soon.” Grain is a’drying. Stalks playing their tune. Dancing and waving and waiting too, Waiting for harvest, Skies are so blue. Wheat seed we planted, […]
Soybean Harvest 2016
Busy time. Busy place. The field. When a crop has matured and filled and the grain is dry and the plant is too; it is time. Time to pluck up what has been planted. There’s a certain amount of pressure. Work. Work hard. Work well. Work safely. Throw in a dash of haste…but not too […]
Sunset at the Bean Field
Just before evening starts to gather in…. The blue and the beans and the shadows, they brush bold across the canvas of earth and sky and creation sings, silent and swelling, muted and magnificent, rising around in praise to Creator God, bringing pause to whoever will take the time to notice…. I’m so glad that […]
We Cut Wheat 2016
Harvest 2016. A few of my frames from the fields. Every year. My camera slung across my shoulder. Following me to the field. Within arm’s length. Ready to raise and aim and focus. Capturing combine. Seeing the light. Shining wheat. Heartland pictures. And in it all, our lives. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016
Harvest Begins
We started cutting wheat Monday evening. My farmer man cut a sample and I carted it off to the elevator to find out the moisture on it. It came back with flying colors. 11.9% Our friend that works at the elevator said, “Tell him, he’d better get to cutting!” The grain was dry, but […]
There Was Milo To Cut
There was milo to cut. So my farmer man, he cut it. The grain cart and tractor needed a driver. So my son, he drove it. There was a farmer husband and a tractor-cart driving son who were hungry and needed some food. {And some tea.} So Mrs. Farmwife, she took them some. There […]
C.O.R.N. H.A.R.V.E.S.T.
C olored yellow, dry and crisp, O n the stalks, heavy ears wait, R eady to be shucked and shelled, N ose-diving into the header. H arvest colors and A utumn weather, R eaching out, V enturing close to E mbrace us in the cornfield. S imply whispering around us, T he Glory of […]
It’s Harvest
More wheat harvest. It’s such a big part of our lives. It’s harried and hurried in ways. There’s a sense of pressure to harvest the ripe crop before heavy rains or hail decide to show up. It’s beautiful. It’s tiring. It’s heartland of America. It’s blessing. It’s awe-inspiring. Those fields of grain producing from […]
Bemusement and a Date Night
Back in the ending of May or the beginning of June, I jotted my thoughts and closed my notebook and promptly forgot as I’m apt to do and as that is a busy season for us, I gladly grab that excuse. Recently, I reach for my notebook and randomly open it and read my words. […]
The Kind of Pictures You Really Don’t Want During Harvest
We were headed to the field with supper on a Friday evening during harvest. I remembered that I’d forgotten silverware and being a considerate person and assuming the partakers of said harvest meal might prefer to have a spoon to use, rather than their fingers to eat potatoes and corn with, I swung into my in-laws’ […]