Why This Photo Doesn't Scare Me: Crop Dusting
Our farm baby loves one Saturday morning show about a chicken puppet in a costume shop. Snuggling my girl, watching that show, a roar shook the windows one morning. No cause for alarm… we occasionally see a military plane fly over. … … … rrrrRRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRrrrrr… … … … rrrrRRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRrrrrr… … … … … … rrrrRRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRrrrrr… … … … rrrrRRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRrrrrr… … … It takes a lot to elicit a reaction from me. I may be the compassionate, bleeding-heart type personality; however, dramatic I am not. After the fifth pass, I grew curious. After the sixth or seventh, I batted away scary scenarios rolling through my mind. After the tenth, I finally unwound the toddler and got up to look out the window. Here’s my view. My immediate reaction: How cool! We live and farm in a mix of hills and creek bottoms. Unlike our friends to the south, we don’t often see a crop duster. What a treat! Almost as immediately, I thought about some of my nei