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August 29, 2005
...fields...
One of the things I love most about California are the fields. The repetition of color and line. From a very early age would fly from my mother's house to my father's house (divorced when I was one) and I loved looking out over the valley and the patchwork of colors. Watching the earth rush past so slowly from the high vantage point.
I also loved when I would drive with my dad from the coast to the valley and watch the trees line up in the orchard out of the car window. How if you looked one way the trees looked like they would go on forever and then if you looked another way the space would shift down another lane. He would quiz me about what was planted in each of the fields and then explain why. Explain how the farmers watered such large fields. Explain why they would change what was being grown. I loved it. It was peaceful - the smells and sights of agriculture.
This is from a trip to California with the Boy. Look at how the field seems like it could go on forever.
Posted by wendy at August 29, 2005 02:44 PM
Comments
what a lovely image & post. there is something so special about California! thanks for reminding me. it's sad that arc doesn't live there anymore so i don't have as much reason to get out there. boo hoo! ;)
mav
Posted by: maria at August 29, 2005 08:23 PM
i love the fields too... my mom would make me guess what was growing... i barely ever got it right (unless it was super obvious). it's funny how you can smell it too... garlic in gilroy....
great photo!!
Posted by: lisa s at August 29, 2005 08:52 PM