moonrise over the grain stubble

 

With clear skies tonight, there wasn't much sunset. The color was in the east with the almost full moon.  The grain field after harvest the stark pivot add structure to the image.

 

Fortenberry Farm

Hale County, Texas

sorghum hill

 

The color of the mature head of grain sorghum, or milo, depends on the variety of seed planted.  Ben Franklin is credited with introducing the crop in the 1700s.  Sorghum uses include food grain for humans, livestock feed and fuel ethanol production.  This yield on the South Plains is good this year.    There were at least six towns in Texas named Providence.  The one in Floyd County is now referred to as a "populated place."  The school is gone -- just a marker with the date 1923 remains.  The Providence Elevator is still in business but don't expect a meal at the Crume Gin & Café down the road -- it's closed.

 

Providence, Texas

Floyd County

Farm Roads 2301 and 788

10.26.2014

changing colors of fall

 

Farmers are in the process of harvesting grain sorghum, which may be planted after a failed cotton crop.  Fields of grain turning from green to auburn are signs of autumn on the High Plains.

 

Lubbock County, Texas