The fields across from, on both sides of us, and behind us have all been harvested. The field across from us has also been plowed.

This time the farmer had a semi-truck to haul away the corn. You can see the combine in the background which harvested the corn and stored it inside. Then it would go to a wagon to empty out. A neighbor says the corn goes overseas.

Here is the wagon pulled by a tractor emptying into the semi. I guess they did not want the semi-truck driving all over the field and compacting the soil. They couldn't park it anywhere but in the field since there is no place on the side of the road to park.

In this picture you can see the corn flowing out of the spout into the truck.

And now that the trees are losing their leaves we can see parts of our neighbors barn. This is a close up so they are a bit farther away. So now that the corn here is down we can see the road farther down. It is hard to believe we had a natural fence of over 7 feet tall corn here.  Here is a pic of it a few weeks ago. We couldn't see anything unless we were in the house where it is higher than ground level.

Here is that same field before the corn was harvested. One morning  ago we saw strips of white web from spiders that just appeared that day. The grass had not been mowed and hundreds of tiny spiders were there all over the grass.

Can you see the white webs? Here is a closeup of the cute little spiders. We always see something out here on the farm.

My grandson N and I walked down the empty soybean field on the side of us to way back behind us as far as we could go and then a little left. A fence was there and some tall brush/grass also so we could not go any further. Fields continued after that I imagine till you got to the next road. It was a little chilly with a wind so we went far enough. I did not take my camera so maybe next time once the rains stop. N was so excited to find a plant with yellow berries the size of a cranberry on a dried up plant. We do not know what it is yet. He also had fun finding some cornstalks that still had corncobs on them with the kernals still on. We brought a few back to give the chickens as a treat. Unfortunately I am sure it was not organic corn. They did like it.

And without further ado here is another sunset picture taken by my daughter. Someone is always yelling "where is the camera" or charging out of the house with it to take pictures of something or other.

Oh how I love it out here! It is a dream  come true. Blessings.

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