After lunch today Sher and I drove to a nearby winery to restock the fridge. After the winery stop we headed back home via country roads with little traffic and no construction. It was a hot and humid day, heat index in the 100 + range.
Wheat planted last fall, due for harvest late summer
A clever and patriotic use of tiles on a barn roof
This time of year there is not a lot of activity in the fields: crops are planted with most germinated and on their way. Newborn calves are growing as fast as the weeds in the fence rows. There still are things to see.
Roadtirement 
I hope the corn is knee-high by the fourth of July! And watch out for deer leaping out of those cornfields in front of your car.
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You can’t tell by the picture, but that corn is already nearly waist high. Most of todays hybrids grow twice as fast as the older varieties. Deer are a pest. They eat crops, dig holes in the top of round bales, break down fences, and in Indiana if you hit one the state can charge you $250. The state says it owns all the wild deer. Personally I wish they would get rid of them.
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Wow, that’s ridiculous to me that the state believes it owns all wildlife! And charge a citizen $250? For what? Is this now a Service Call? I hit a deer just once in 1998, it messed up the front of my pickup pretty good, my dad has hit them too. They never seem to get any smarter when it comes to roads. Thdeer would feed lots of people, but they are an integral part of the eco system.
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Thank you for the pictures. I so miss my dad’s barn and wheat fields. So beautiful!!!😃❤
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There is something almost mystic about a barn. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes😃❤
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😉
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Looks like corn in the field with the barn with the flag.
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That it is, Tim. Midwest field corn, good for feeding cattle and hogs and for making ethanol.
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We see temperatures in the 100s here too, but not the humidity in summer, usually.
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It’s the humidity that gets you! Weather forecasters on TV refer to the “Muggy Meter” when talking about the high humidity. 😂
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The hottest I have seen here was 112 about 12 years ago.
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That is hot! Dry heat or not.
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It is one thing to profess patriotism to our country. It is another to understand what that means.
Great photos! I remember the ads for chewing tobacco companies on barns.
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There are still a few barns around Indiana with the “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco, Treat yourself to the Best” paint job. Most have faded badly.
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Love barn pictures! There is something so peaceful and inviting about them 🙂
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Thanks for sharing. You are so right about the peace of farmstead and barns in particular.
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Beautiful view..
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Thank you!
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That is hotter than us
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We’re getting a break Tuesday, with highs in the low 80’s. Also less humidity.
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