"Golden hour" photos, Part 7 (final)

The sun was setting quickly as I was taking the last of my "golden hour" walk photos. I was next to a cornfield, which made for a pretty silhouette.

There went the sun:

I turned around and took a couple of pics on my way back to the house.

Yep, about ready for harvest!

When I got back up to the yard, I noticed this pile of twine, and it seemed so totally incongruous with what I had just been looking at, that I had to take a picture of it, too. Ha!

I hope you enjoyed my walk. I'll probably do it again sometime and try to capture more fall colors. I'll be sure to share with you if I do!

Velvet and silk

Does anything in this photo grab your attention? (Click it to enlarge, and maybe it'll grab it a little harder.)

This grabbed mine, and I couldn't resist getting the camera again:

It looked so velvety. But of course after it opened up fully, it looked like the solid-colored ones on the right in the top photo.

And as for the silk, it's time for another corn update:

(Click to enlarge.)

Just one day later

When I went out to get the mail a couple of hours ago, I noticed it. That corn is starting to tassel! So of course I had to head back to the house for the camera to document it. (You'd better REALLY appreciate it, Mark... 'cause it was 94° out!) Here's the proof:

While I was at it, I snapped this field of alfalfa. The windrows were turned over this morning to aid in drying, so hopefully it'll be ready to bale (without rain, mind you!) tomorrow.

Here's another field that hasn't been turned yet:

(Hmmm... why didn't I crop off that mucky cattle yard? Oh, well... too lazy to do it now.)

It's been miserably HOT and HUMID for the last week. But, in case you didn't notice, I've refrained from whining about it on the blog. It's been awful, but not as whine-worthy as last winter. ;)

Oh, and remember my plains coreopsis that I showed you last Friday? The heat has taken its toll and matured it (and a lot of other things) way too fast. This is what it looks like this afternoon:

Guess there'll be plenty of seeds for next year's garden, huh? Eek.

Click any pic to enlarge.