Since the first part of July, my runs on the country roads were like running down cramped hallways in a building. All I could see on either side of me for miles and miles was a row of corn stalks. Between last week and today, the farmers of middle Tennessee have been busy. All of the corn is gone as well as the tobacco. Tobacco might only get to about 2 ft in height but the fields seem empty without it. The denuded tobacco fields mean that the tobacco barns are in full smoking / curing mode. On a cool, calm morning before the sun comes up, the smoke from the barns collects in the valleys. It makes breathing interesting but it looks really cool. The empty corn fields were a shock. All of my walls were gone. I felt so unprotected - so exposed. giggle
