An Autumn Walk In The South Field

My old camera was dying and I ordered a new one. As soon as it arrived, I charged the battery and took the dogs out to the south field to try it out:

Happy little Madeline got "caught" on a smell and fell behind the rest of us. The upside of that was watching her hustle to catch up:


They were very excited dogs and didn't seem to remember much from all the "stay close to me" lessons I'd given recently. But they had fun and I got to try the camera as well as give them another "stay close" lesson:

The south field is large and we headed across it for the woods:

With lots of stops along the way to sniff and roll and play:

Clover and Fergus nearly always lead the way, but this time it was mostly Clover:

By this time, Madeline had caught up with us. Well, almost:

We got almost to the woods and then I decided to return home. So I gave a call to the dogs and off we went back the way we'd come:

By this time, the dogs had done enough running to slow them down a bit:

And they found plenty of fascinating smells:

Fergus ran, his ears flopping, while Clover continued to lead the pack. Walking slowly and calmly is not part of her strong points:

One last photo, this one catching Madeline in mid-romp. She looked so happy:

Nicholville To Lawrenceville, County Route 55 - Part 3

I continued on my driving tour of County Route 55, passing exquisite and elaborate old barns and silos. This was indeed farm country and had been for many years:

A comfortable and friendly looking home:

And a very old barn, apparently unused, in front of modern, one story barns:

A lovely brick farm house:

And an old barn, all by itself and apparently abandoned beneath several trees in a field:

Another old barn which now serves as a garage:

A farm house with an extensive porch:

Another very large, old barn:

And more farm houses, more old barns:

This lovely old barn didn't seem to be used anymore, but I couldn't be sure:

Uncountable acres of corn fields, now just stubble:

I ended my driving tour at this old farmstead with modern barns. There is still a lot of active farming in this area: