Now photos help me to remember our two week odyssey through middle America. Common sights were delapidated buildings such as in St. John, KS where Ken’s grandfather on his father’s side was once the town studio photographer. (Ken and his oldest son, Liam are in front of the studio) But also I captured a spider’s replication of a tire at our friend’s 150 year old stone house where the stone barn is in very sad disrepair. Then on the gravel roads of Ulysses, KS I captured the railroad crossing signs close to where Ken’s grandparents on his mother’s side had a farm. (railroads trains and tracks are becoming more scarce in rural America). We visited the homestead place where his cousin has taken over the farm and the grain harvest fortunately was good this year. When Ken asked if they made any profit, the typical farmer answer was, “we did okay, we can pay the bills.” The last photo is something that you would NEVER see in the Red River Valley and that is open storage of grain once the harvest is done. If it is bountiful, as it was this year, then the granaries are filled and it is left out in the open. Not so in humid areas where there is heavy dew each night or predictable rainfall. Western Kansas where Ken is from is very dry and droughts have afflicted many a farmer in those parts. When we returned to NW MN, we saw the fields are ripe and ready for harvesting. The Lord is good in season and out of season.
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July 26, 2007 at 8:00 pm
luckypenguin
Interesting photos. By the way, this summer I became very enthusiastic about making photos! My photocamera is always with me as I am afraid to miss any opportunity to catch a good moment. Now I have so many pictures of nature, flowers and animals, not talking about people. I am not sure they are very good from the professional point of view. Anyway, it is very interesting for me and I will have a good catalogue of wonderful memories)