Backroads of Morrow County: May 14, 2012

Back roads of Morrow County Update: The canopy over the single lane bridges is full and the shade of the place makes it cool there even on the hottest summer days. The stream is always flowing; after a good rain it's a torrent. Only a couple of fields are still in stubble yet; most of them have been plowed and planted. In fact, it looks as if the corn and soy beans have already started their climb toward the heavens. The wheat is growing like mad. I haven't seen the doe and her latest fawn yet. I usually see her at least every other week in the spring and summer. The hawks are hunting from the phone lines. What did they do before we built them such great hunting seats? Mourning doves seem to love dusty roads and the weedy margins between the road and the fields. Most of the farms have iris. Occasionally I covet a color that I don't have. (Okay, more than occasionally.) There's a sign on these back roads: "Share the Road" it commands. If I ever meet someone, I promise that I will. Maybe it means I should share it with the wildlife? I always do that--even the groundhogs and rabbits. As always the great thing about back-road meanderings is that if I want to I can just stop and observe. I think that when I grow up I want to be a rural mailman.