Old Lone Tree

Supermoon approaching. Day before spring equinox.

Another day ending in another sunset

Mother Nature curve meets farmer made curves

Autumn approaching

A wheel in the sky

Old lone tree got to see mighty sights today.

Familiar shapes

Preparations for next harvest

For old lone tree life goes on

The mound is a near perfect circle

seen from the air on maps. It would be fun to shoot it with a drone.

Rounds

Bales neatly gathered.

Today actually saw a couple of downpours and thunder.

Re-arranging the straw.

The wind caused extra work. Life is not always easy on farmers.

The clouds were dancing for old lone tree.

Bloom under the moon

White bloom

Making dust

Dry again.

Back bending work

Still some picking stones by hand being done, although truth be told this is likely better for the back than sitting in a tractor 16 hours straight, or more.

Hand picked stones

Fast moving sowing

Rolling

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Old lone tree

Winter clouds

The fields

have gone white again.

Winter farm fields

Sugarbeet delivery

Beets going to become sugar. They'll probably not be done until after New Year so the truckers and folks at the sugar beet factory will work every day through New Year, just like they did through Christmas. No shutting down the factory until all the sugar is all done. Old lone tree has been probably been around long enough to have seen beets loaded by hand, this self walking loader/cleanser is really something.

Some odd cloud day.

Shapes drawn in the sky

This afternoon

Rain breaking off for a prettier sight

Overhanging clouds

Snowsandstorm

Sugarbeets warm and safe

under straw and snow, waiting for delivery.

Sunshine and clouds

Pretty in white

Framed

Someone parked an excavator to frame the lone tree with.

Witnessing yet another harvest

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Sunshine

after weeks of rain a chance for lone tree to see her own wild beauty for once

Passers by

I'm disappointed I cut off the warning light but it's probably easy to fix with Photoshop magic.

Shapes of straight

and shapes of round

Pretty sun

showing up through the fog.

Snow and frost

finally came, like a late Yule gift.

Shooting the sun

with the poor old Nikon. Sun got aperture shaped.

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has the sun round again and rays looking almost like when you drew the sun and stars as a kid.

Old lone tree

still the prettiest Hawthorn tree in the neighborhood.

Morgonstund har guld i mund

Heat destroyer

Rain storm bringing in 9 degree temps....nice!!

Rolling bales

Might and resilience

Yes!!!!

The shitugly stone has been removed! A stone has been lifted from my heart! Only days ago I pondered going there at night to steal the stone and bury it faraway. Even the mouse hunting bird seems to be giving the tree a symbolic congratulations hug. My only fear now is that the stone has been taken to get inscriptions and will return. I hope not.