Late harvest
Up on Speyside, away from the warmer coastal plain, the harvest is often late. This shot was taken 3 weeks ago, and the barley is only being cut today. You know you're a country girl at heart when you're enquiring about the progress of particular fields when you phone 'home'.
Barley, and oats in the shot below, are the grains that suit this northern climate. There is some wheat grown, but not in this upland area.
All my life I've loved the form of cow parsely stems.
Once in a while an artist comes along who captures an essence of nature. Inspired by the Norfolk coast and Speyside, Angie Lewin's linocuts, wood engravings and screenprints do just this.
Angie Lewin
For me, it's corn. I grew up in Iowa in the USA. You don't have to ask about corn when you phone home, all your relatives are more than happy to tell you about it.
ReplyDeleteAfter the greens of summer, it is so nice to see the golds of the autumn harvest. The fields here in Colorado are just beginning their turn to gold, and the combines and tractors are whirring away until sunset. Thank you for the beautiful pictures, Linda.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots! I really like the Angie Lewin work - thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteSimple but beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteWe don't raise oats around here much any more but the soybeans and corn are being picked around the clock to get them in before a rain. We have that same weed over here. Don't remember the name.
ReplyDeleteBarley > malt > whisky. Thanks Scotland!
ReplyDeleteSturdy grains from a sturdy land. Lovely shots of the fields.
ReplyDeleteLove that last shot!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that golden colour. The cow parsely stems are gorgeous.
ReplyDeletelovely serie !
ReplyDeleteoh, and thanks for the link of this great artist Angie Lewin, her artwork is beautiful:)
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