Sunday my rambling genes took over and I left the house in early morning. I took the camera, not knowing where I was going or what I was looking for. It wasn’t a pretty day; the skies were grey with low hanging clouds. Not even interesting low hanging clouds. Rain threatened.
As usual when my heart is tugging me toward the road I headed north for awhile. After an hour or so I knew I was in farm country and headed west on a smaller highway. I saw the soybean fields were turning yellow and then I knew what I’d be looking for.
You guessed it.
Barns in fields of yellow soybeans. (Make sure you click on the photos to get all the detail.)
Along the way I also saw other stuff, some of which I even stopped to photograph. Those will have to be displayed in future blogs. Because this one is about barns and yellow soybean fields.
Of course some of the best photos I have only in my mind as there was nowhere to stop. I was usually out on a freeway thinking “DARN! There’s another great shot!” But when I got off the freeway and meandered down dirt roads I found plenty of picturesque stuff.
Yep. It’s another barn in a soybean field. Pretty, isn’t it!
Obviously I thought so.




September 16, 2013 at 7:06 am
Beautiful! These photos make me want to drive to Vermont! But, the leaves are about to change, and then the roads get clogged with city leaf peepers. Maybe if I get up extra early……
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September 16, 2013 at 7:11 am
Great Pictures!
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September 16, 2013 at 7:50 am
Hey, you’re a really good photographer…making me homesick for the North!
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September 16, 2013 at 10:05 am
I’m a farm girl, too, and my dad farms soy beans. These pictures speak to my soul 🙂
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September 16, 2013 at 10:23 am
Can’t say I have seen any red bards around here – lots of grey ones and most are falling down and overgrown – which actually is pretty cool. Can’t believe you didn’t take the Katie – I bet she wasn’t happy
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September 16, 2013 at 11:46 am
Wow, I can’t believe how much farther along your soybeans are than ours! Here, our farmers got a late start, so our soybeans are still quite green. Your red barns look so striking against the yellow fields!
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September 16, 2013 at 12:35 pm
It’s days like this that are the reward for those “other” days.
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September 16, 2013 at 8:54 pm
Oh, Dawn, I LOVE those soybean fields in September! Heaps of treasure, they look to my eye. Thank you for sharing them.
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September 17, 2013 at 9:25 am
You didn’t go up in the Thumb, did you, Dawn? I’m not sure how many soybean fields there are in the Thumb. A lot of other kinds of beans and corn and sugar beets. I was in love with the height of the corn during my downstate visit. It looked like Jack ‘n the Beanstalk corn. Almost up to the clouds. I mentioned it 16 times. Lovely yellow pictures.
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September 17, 2013 at 12:23 pm
I was around Midland and Claire. I’m sure the thumb has lots of soybeans too! 🙂 Weren’t they pretty! Corn crop looked really good this year too…we got rain for a change!
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September 17, 2013 at 8:53 pm
An adventure without Katie. Say it isn’t so…..
Essex & Sherman
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September 22, 2013 at 2:00 pm
A solo adventure. I need one of those. Good for you for just jumping in the car and doing it.
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