Flying through colorful clouds

We've had such outstanding sunsets this fall. Here's another one for your enjoyment. I loved the progression of the jet through the clouds.

Harvest sunset

Friday evening I happened to glance out the garage window and saw the beautiful glow of the sun setting behind the trees.

After the sun had set, I moved over a ways and caught the silhouette of the  barely moving windmill in the remaining glow. There was hardly a breath of a breeze that evening.

Did you notice the combine going down the road in the photo above? Here's another photo, cropped so you can see it better:

The dust, from the road and from what the combines stirred up in the fields, just hung in the air, and I think that's what made for the brilliant glow of the sunset.

It was an incredibly beautiful and peaceful evening.

Fire

I'm going to interrupt my scheduled Cincinnati/Newport posts for a local news flash that I thought you might find interesting.

One of the wind towers that line the countryside around here caught fire night before last. The smoke from it could be seen for miles. We are, in fact, something like 10 miles from it, and this is what it looked like from here:

Twenty minutes or so after I took that photo, I went out for another look, and below is what I saw. It had burst into flames, and I happened to catch a hunk of the flames falling to the ground (click on the pic to enlarge it and get a better look). The second plume of smoke is from what had already fallen into the cornfield. There was barely a breeze that night, so the smoke really hung in the air.

The tower was only about a thousand feet from Courtney's other grandparents' home, so they got some really good photos, which Grandma H was kind enough to share and let me post here (thanks, Grace!). Have a look:

Awesome shots, aren't they?!

Then it burst into flames:

The photo below shows a burning hunk falling to the ground (again, click this or any photo to enlarge).

Pretty exciting to watch. We didn't drive over there, but a LOT of people did. There were also emergency vehicles there. However, there was nothing that could be done to put out the fire, because the towers are much too tall for any fire truck or hose to reach. So everyone just watched it burn up. That was an expensive loss!

Rain, rain... GO AWAY!

Well, it did go away Saturday evening for a bit. The sun was peeking out of the clouds just enough to hit the windmills, and I thought they looked kinda cool with their blades "lit up". Normally they just look gray in the distance.

You can still see areas of light showers over the horizon. It didn't rain on Sunday, but it was of course too muddy to be in the fields.

And it's back to more rain. All_day_long yesterday, with more on the way. The fields are ripe for harvest. It can quit raining anytime now. WARMER would be nice, too... we're 10°-15° below normal!

The sun also gave nice color to the freshly washed grain.

(Click any photo to enlarge.)

(My apologies for making you homesick again, Mark.)