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Land of corn

As we crossed from Vermont into Quebec two weeks ago, it was as if we had unexpectedly been transported to Central Illinois. The dense forested mountains were very suddenly replaced with flat, unending fields of corn. The only sign that we were in fact in Canada was the presence of numerous placards in French advertising “Mais Sucre” (which we surmised meant sweet corn).

Brandy and Sue seemed rather disturbed by all the fields of corn surrounding our car. I’m not sure why, but I guess if I can be disturbed by palm trees in Florida and California (and I do find them disturbing), maybe it makes sense that other people would be bothered by corn.

Since I was home in Illinois this past week, I decided to take advantage of the occasion and take some photos. My dad and I took advantage of the golden light right before sunset for our little photographic expedition.

Not that it was much of an expedition, really. You see, this field is just a few blocks from where I grew up.

Cornfield and telephone poles near where I grew up in Champaign, Illinois

Corn on the stalk

Houses behind a cornfield

Silos and a telephone pole, as seen from a car driving past

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3 Responses to “Land of corn”

  1. mike_b1 Says:
    September 9th, 2005 at 2:45 pm

    OK, so this is too weird. I was looking at blogdigger.com at blogs in my area (W. Roxbury) and, once I dispensed with all the ones talking about gay marriage and Hurricane Katrina, yours popped up. And you’ve got these photos up that were taken probably blocks from where I grew up (Windsor Park). My folks still live there, in fact. Probably not too many others in this area who went to Central H.S.

    Mike

  2. Jennifer Says:
    September 9th, 2005 at 5:45 pm

    Nice coincidence. :)

    Yeah, I grew up in Southwood. But I went to Uni High and would have gone to Centennial otherwise.

    The first three pictures are of a field by Windsor & Mattis, but the last one with the silos was actually taken from a moving car as we were driving East. Not sure where Windsor Park is - I would have thought that people living on Windsor Street would be closer to Centennial than Central.

    Anyway, thanks for dropping by!

  3. Eva Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    Omg. lmao. that picture .. i think my house is in the backgorund of that :) well.. my old house. because i grew up in illinois too. and those groups of ver similar houses look very similar to me :) so yeah. i think thats my house