Our daily walk takes us by several cornfields, so from spring to autumn, we enjoy watching the daily activities and changes that take place from planting time until harvest and after. To commemorate corn harvest time and the Corn/Harvest Moon which occurs during that season, I wanted to share photos of cornfields, corn stalks and corn cobs that are part of our country road walks.
How mesmerizing to observe a swarm of dragonflies congregating over a cornfield. They were beautiful to watch, and hopefully helped out with the mosquito population.
“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.” ~B. C. Forbes
walking on a country road 
Nice collection. The Lowcountry has corn fields, just not a nice fall looking scene anywhere. I do miss that.
Thanks, Ted! I enjoy watching all the changes.
Beautifully captured, start to finish. A feat of labor worth celebrating. Loved seeing the dragonflies!
Thanks, Eliza. They were big dragonflies compared to what we usually see around the lake.
Beautiful fields, tractors, critters and moon.
Thanks, Timothy!
A nice harvest of shots Rebecca!
There must have been lots of bugs in that spot for the Dragons!
Thanks, Wayne. If they were looking for mosquitoes, I’m sure that they weren’t disappointed. They have been really plentiful this year.
with us, we had very few gators. We didn’t get as much rain as we normally do and gators need the pooled water to lay their eggs.
That means you must of had lots of rain?
I wouldn’t say “lots of rain”, but we have had a good number of storms roll through producing rain. It is pretty dry here right now, but the mosquitoes still seem to find their water sources. I try to keep watch and make sure there isn’t any standing water around our yard.
Stunning. I love the colors of the season. Even the sky is showing off.
Thanks, Kathy. Yes, the sky is often my favorite part of the walk.
Interesting taking us through the stages of the corn harvest Rebecca. Seeing it on an everyday basis, you can have an appreciation for all the effort that goes into planting, maintaining and harvesting the corn. That was a lot of dragonflies and the cicadas in the background making all the noise. I never saw one dragonfly this Summer and I mentioned that before, but the last time I was at Lake Erie Metropark, there were grasshoppers everywhere I stepped. I can’t remember the last time I saw a grasshopper and here they were jumping everywhere – must’ve been a fresh hatch!