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By: Jim Fitzpatrick |
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Email: jim@nunica.com |
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Local Farmer in Polkton Township writes for the Coopersville Observer. |
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An early morning haziness lingers heavily on the eastern horizon. The daylight struggles to separates itself from the previous night. Dawn breaks in a blood red glare that hesitates to come forward with the coming day.
The passing of summer is being felt now more than ever. The days are noticeably shorter, the nights longer this time of year. A slight dullness to the green of the surrounding landscape announces the closing of another growing season, one that seems to have begun only a short time ago.
A better than average wheat harvest highlighted midsummer's toil. Bright yellow bales of straw piled high to the rafters in the old barn are an added bonus to the grain harvest. Second cutting hay crop has grown lush and full with timely rains. Corn and soybeans fields have taken on a deep dark green complexion in contrast to the blue skies of late summer. Half mile long fields stretch to an end beyond where the eye can see.
Time has passed quickly as in every other summer season. A variety of work, brought on by maturing crops and the evolving needs of livestock, have filled the long daylight hours and more. Autumn, winter, spring and then another season of growth is really just around the corner. Or, at least, it seems to happen that way before we know it. |
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Along Brandy Creek By Jim Fitzpatrick
The Coopersville Observer September 12, 2003 - - No. 13 |
