Pics of my Midwest adventure
Sep 23, 2021 07:49:13 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I went to Illinois (my annual trip "home"). Harvest is coming early! Also found some neat old houses. And I finally got to see my repaired barn! As always, your comments are welcome!
Nice photos…..
Raised on a truck farm down south, I use to gandered through the “Progressive Farmer Magazine” as a kid and I envy those corn combine operators in those huge fields. One of my strange fantasies which I never got to fulfill…..
Sep 23, 2021 09:11:12 #
jdtonkinson wrote:
Very nice captures. Looks like a rural area if Illinois. I'm from a small town west of Chicago. My parents are from Princeton a rural area in north west Illinois.
Thank you. Yes, it's very rural. It's dotted with small towns, but it's mostly farmland and forest. Sorry, I had to look up where Princeton, IL is! I don't think I've ever been there, though I've traveled that area some.
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Sep 23, 2021 09:18:07 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice set of photos--enjoyed. I haven’t seen any corn shelled yet here in Indiana, but I have seen some cut for silage and several acres of soybeans combined.
You're a bit further north than we are. That would make a difference. Our beans aren't ready yet - quite. A few fields looked dry enough. Thanks, Jay.
Sep 23, 2021 09:21:46 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
Nice photos…..
Raised on a truck farm down south, I use to gandered through the “Progressive Farmer Magazine” as a kid and I envy those corn combine operators in those huge fields. One of my strange fantasies which I never got to fulfill…..
Raised on a truck farm down south, I use to gandered through the “Progressive Farmer Magazine” as a kid and I envy those corn combine operators in those huge fields. One of my strange fantasies which I never got to fulfill…..
I don't think anyone near us had a truck farm. Truck gardens that were huge, yes. I remember getting the Progressive Farmer. My dad had a 2-row corn picker. These "new-fangled" wonders are quite the thing. I got to ride this one for several hours (but they don't let me drive it!). One of my major joys is riding a tractor - I don't care how big or small!
Sep 23, 2021 09:23:55 #
Sep 23, 2021 09:30:01 #
JRiepe wrote:
I like the old house shots. Where in Illinois are you originally from?
I fell in love with that old house! But I couldn't find out anything about it. I asked some folks in town, but they didn't know. And my niece's husband delivers UPS in the area, and he didn't know either. It had obviously been inhabited recently, as the curtains were still in the windows and there were air conditioners in the windows. The front section of the house was definitely in trouble, as it appeared to have come loose from the rest of the building and was leaning quite a bit.
I grew up on a 130-acre farm outside of the small town of Windsor. It's on Rte. 16 between Mattoon and Shelbyville. My great-grandfather started an inn called the Black Horse Tavern. The old state road when right through out place. I used to be able to see the tracks for it, but they've disappeared now.
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Sep 23, 2021 10:23:18 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I went to Illinois (my annual trip "home"). Harvest is coming early! Also found some neat old houses. And I finally got to see my repaired barn! As always, your comments are welcome!
wonderful set of illinois pics, kathy. love the old house , blue roofed barn, and the house where nobody lives.
and of course the corn fields aren't corny at all.
Sep 23, 2021 10:38:30 #
Thanks for reminding us how important farming is and that a good yield is never guaranteed. I'm in the midwest and the fields of beans and corn go from horizon to horizon in areas. I can't imagine what life must have been like tending the fields before specialized machinery. The farmers may be happy now however the horses must be even happier!
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