Backroads of Morrow County Update November 2020

 Backroads of Morrow County Update:

And they thought I was slow before. I've heard some people call this the Ugly Fall. All the leaves are gone leaving only bare limbs. I, of course, have a different view. The soy beans are almost all harvested. It looks as if a huge vacuum came by and whooshed them up. It always seems to be an invitation to stroll the contours of Morrow County. Or just put a chair on the top of one of the small rises and peacefully survey the hillsides as far as one can see. They have begun to bring in the corn. Stubble everywhere. Loose cobs litter the gravel roads. I'm sure the critters are ecstatic. If it was sweet corn, I'd be ecstatic too!!!

in the midst of all the stark contrasts are the red barns, rusty silos. flocks of sheep and goats, small herds of Steak n' Shake. (I wonder if I can eat that?) Guard mules here and there among the herds of sheep. Don't see too many of my feathered-friends along the backways. They are busy traveling from house to house enjoying the free meals. Meals on Wings, Inc. The owners are enjoying the visitors as well--maybe more so.

Scattered amid the barren trees are the evergreens. More shades of God's favorite color than you can imagine. Hidden or in disguise among their "brothers" all summer, this is their time to shine. And in sunlight they can be torches of flames. And wait until God brushes on the blue-silver snow!! Now, the blue and gray of the clouds adds movement and change to every moment. The songs of their barren neighbors--exquisite moans synchronized in the winds of autumn. brings the woodwind section of the orchestra to the beauty of the country ride. Please, roll those windows down!

We should all be so ugly.