They also serve -

"The Waiting"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting,
all year, all year ..."
- The Rolling Stones

Sentinel -

"Soon to the Fertile Field"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... the farmer works the soil,
the agriculturist works the farmer ..."
- Eugene F. Ware

Along the way -

"Not Far North"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... I was so naive as a kid
I used to sneak behind the barn
and do nothing ..."
- Johnny Carson

Thursday Challenge: Autumn -

"Stubbled Fields"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... now if the harvest is over,
and the world cold,
give me the bonus of laughter,
as I lose hold..."
- John Betjeman

Nero's Ghost -

"Posing Demurely as the Barn Burns"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if to smoke you turn
I shall not cease to fiddle
while you burn ..."
- Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Mysterious doings at the Morton farm -

"Grandpa's Barn"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the true mystery of the world
is the visible, not the invisible ..."
- Oscar Wild

Thursday Challenge: Fresh -

"Fresh"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." - John Muir