WEIGHING IN: Water, Water Everywhere -- And A Window In The Way
It's been a cold, wet spring in many areas of the country, including my neck of the woods in the northeast tip of Ohio, and that's delayed a lot of corn planting. The most recent report I've seen is from DTN, citing USDA's April 14 crop progress report: A whole 2 percent of the crop is in the ground, a far cry from last year's early planting.
Driving west across Ohio's V-neck collar-like turnpike to Toledo and its adjoining northwestern counties the past two days, I certainly saw quite a few fields holding varying degrees of water. I took pictures -- want to see them? Just be forewarned: I never missed power windows so much as yesterday afternoon.
I guess it's obvious that I hadn't really planned ahead, and some of you may even be able to determine how many miles I have on my car in the reflection off the windows. When I saw some water-filled fields, I just knew I had to get some shots. The camera was conveniently on the front seat, but the passenger window was up since it was around 40 degrees outside. I couldn't very well reach across the passenger seat to roll down the window at 65 mph, and I'd just passed a roadside emergency parking area, so my options were few.
What to do? In the name of safety, I simply held the camera up high and hoped to hit paydirt. Did that about 10 times, a few of those through the front windshield. I knew you'd appreciate the variety.
I also visited two rest stops, and the second one had a nice, waterlogged no-till cornfield way back by the RV/big rig parking area. A trucker was kind enough to point out where the car parking area was, but in the true spirit of my former newspaper days, I still got the photos I wanted. Again, I knew you'd appreciate the close-up.
Have you taken any photos of your growers' wet fields? Hopefully you actually got out of your vehicle, and not on a major highway. I'd love to see those photos!
I guess it's obvious that I hadn't really planned ahead, and some of you may even be able to determine how many miles I have on my car in the reflection off the windows. When I saw some water-filled fields, I just knew I had to get some shots. The camera was conveniently on the front seat, but the passenger window was up since it was around 40 degrees outside. I couldn't very well reach across the passenger seat to roll down the window at 65 mph, and I'd just passed a roadside emergency parking area, so my options were few.
What to do? In the name of safety, I simply held the camera up high and hoped to hit paydirt. Did that about 10 times, a few of those through the front windshield. I knew you'd appreciate the variety.
Have you taken any photos of your growers' wet fields? Hopefully you actually got out of your vehicle, and not on a major highway. I'd love to see those photos! 