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Waiting for Next Year

Farm equipment, and something that used to be farm equipment, in a field that’s partially harvested.

near Washtucna, Washington
photographed 9.2.2020

Two-track Way

It was extremely difficult for us to make any forward progress while driving around the Palouse: every single road that took off from the highway promised views like this. And every one of them that we didn’t drive on felt like a million missed opportunities.

Zakarison Road
near Fallon, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020

Fringe

The fringe of the field, going from crop to dirt. But in a lovely way.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 9.24.2017

Full of promise

I’ve been watching this field for a decade now; it’s a dryland farm, so the farmer is dependent on the right amount of rain at the right time for his crop. I’d guess that half the years I’ve watched, he hasn’t had any crop at all – all those drought years were tough. Usually he grows (or tries to) cotton, but this year he switched to sorghum.

And maybe he’ll get to harvest it soon.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 9.24.2017