Cotton Harvesting in Missouri

While cruising through southeast Missouri very recently, I couldn't NOT notice these huge bales of freshly harvested cotton in bright pink wrapping.

I feel admiration and gratefulness when I see farmers working day and night planting or harvesting their crops.

This time was no exception. Thank you, all you hardworking farmers!

Amish Farmers

Here's a postcard featuring an Amish farmer, his horses, and his dog, hard at work somewhere in the U.S. Most likely Ohio, Pennsylvania or Indiana, since populations are highest there.

And here is a photo I took recently of an Amish farmer and his horses working hard in Beaver, Ohio.

It's fascinating to catch snippets of these people living their daily lives....such a vast difference from non-Amish modern day life in the U.S.

Country Church

I had a nice drive today, through farmlands and on river roads of Illinois and Missouri. At one point, I spotted this church steeple rising above a corn field and framed nearly perfectly in an opening of a tree line, with thick forest in the background. I didn't need to turn down the road to see the entire church building, just seeing the steeple gave me a peaceful feeling.

Outgoing Nebraska Postcard

Sent this Nebraska multi-view card to Latvia a while back.

Be sure to take a gander at the Elvis sunglasses on the ear of corn. It's the best part of the card. :)