Cows, crops and Kansas

Summer merges into fall gracefully down here in the land of the Wy-homies. It's the beginning of October already, and the leaves are starting to turn. The weather has still been beautiful, but starting to cool off at night. We still haven't had a hard frost, but then again, I forget how far south we actually are!

The other week we stayed with some friends out in the country, and I had fun trap shooting with the kids! Those poor clays didn't stand a chance...

It's getting closer and closer to sunflower harvest! This picture was taken about a month ago... now the heads are really heavy and drooping straight to the ground. The leaves are drying out, and the petals are brown and shriveled. There's only a short window of time when the fields actually look appealing!


Last week Glenn, Justin, Carolyn and I went to Bird City, Kansas for convention. It was my first time to Kansas. I guess in my stereotypical mind I pictured a long, flat, straight highway through miles and miles of cornfields on both sides. I was sorely dissappointed. There was corn, alright, but in crop circles that were never across the road from eachother. Oh well, there was corn across from the convention grounds, so I spent several mornings wandering through the fields waiting for the sun to come up!

Bird City, Kansas - Convention grounds at dawn from the edge of the cornfield.
Sunrise over the cornfield:

After convention, Carolyn and I spent a night with Ted and Amy Busse. We had so much fun! They took us out to their farm, and I "witched" for water... then we saw the cows, crops and the Kansas countryside. It was a blast.