I was driving around the outside perimeter of the north field to see and photograph the wintry beauty (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). I stopped when I saw this snowy pine. It looked like a Scotch Pine, though I've never taken the time for a closer look. I didn't do so this time either, but maybe I can remember it in the summer:
There are remnants of a stone wall along the perimeter, though they are so old that it is now difficult to discern:
And there are still piles of old farm refuge - tires, farm equipment, pipes, etc. I removed close to a hundred old tires, but more keep appearing:
I came to the two big Sugar Maples which provide such nice color every autumn:
I own the woodland off to the right in this spot, and it did my heart good to see an Eastern White Cedar growing there:
Some giant rocks were piled along the woods, apparently removed from the field before it could be used. I have heard a story of how the former owner had someone clear the rocks but never paid them. He also never paid for his new silo, so they came and dismantled it - which is why I now have a silo base but no silo behind the barn:
One lone Beech tree still held onto its golden leaves:
This was my path. The north field lay to the left and the woods to the right. I had a narrow path between them, a path which I have to bush hog each summer in order to keep the weeds down. But this photo shows the great beauty I experienced as I drove the perimeter:
In places, remnants of an old barbed wire fence still separated the field from the woods, and Birch trees began to show along the edges:
Another shot of an old, leaning barbed wire fence, with woods just beyond:
The brushy places had such an abundance of small branches that they appeared extra white:
I think these dark, withered berries were those of the Shadbush, sometimes called Serviceberry. They should be blooming again this spring:
I turned left, heading back to the house and barn, with the county road to my right. There is a row of cattails along this section of road:
The most beautiful sight of the trip was this Foxtail Grass. The seed heads were so white from a coating of snow that they looked like extra fancy, hybrid ornamental grasses in miniature. Alas, the photo doesn't do them justice. They were exquisite. They were also my final photo. I put my camera away and began using the tractor to remove the snow which the town had piled at the end of my driveway:
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