Out to Pasture
Out to Pasture

Out to Pasture

Farm Truck in the Palouse

Parked and left for good.

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As the golden rays of the setting sun pour amber light

on the freshly plowed wheat fields, a farm truck sits unused.

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What is that precise point that prompts a farmer to pull a truck into a field and parks it,

never to be moved again.

Is it broke down and needs repair, or perhaps there is the thought that it might be sold later,

or perhaps it was meant to only be temporary.

Whatever the thought process,

it is clear from driving through farming communities,

trucks parked for good happens

on a lot of farmsteads.

Sharing with ‘Rural Thursday Blog Hop #23.’

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20 Comments

  1. Kay

    I’ve seen some pretty ancient trucks still working out here on the Olympic Peninsula. I’ll take the “glass half full” approach and picture the truck here as still having life in it, still in use. The wood in the back still looks solid.

    Beautiful light, forms, and color in the shot!

  2. I’m a city boy. How would I know???

    This photo reminds me of a favorite book when I was a little boy, something likeThe Little Engine That Could. There was a little railroad engine and no one thought it could pull the big load. Yet, when the time came and it got its chance, it groaned into action and pulled the load over the mountain to the sound of, I think I can, I think I can.

    If this truck gets its chance to start up and work again, let’s hope it would start chanting I think I can, I think I can . . . .

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