Times They Are a Changing - Slowly

Change is relative. Same tree, same landscape, same time of day, photographed one year and six days a part. Outside of lighting conditions there is not much to differentiate the passage of one year for this subject. Andy Warhol once said, "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." Know that.

Corn, Corn, Corn - Look a Tree!

August is corn growing time in 42N country. Above normal rains throughout the western cornbelt region have caused washout in some fields but has generally produced outstanding stands. Any trip along Midwest 42 north latitude will yield views of seemingly endless seas of cornfields.

Stands of corn, near Urbana, Iowa on Monday afternoon are dark green and nearly eight feet high. Land owner, Joel Schmitz said this is the best crop of corn that he has ever seen. Schmitz rents the fields around his farmhouse and operates a full service auction center from one of the buildings on the property.

Agriculturally, Iowa is known for producing corn, soybeans, hogs and cattle. This year its hard to argue any differently. Know that.