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Found myself out in the countryside today. All the crops have gone brown and the fields are full of tractorish things and trucks.

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A path between cornfields. The corn is brown and ready to be harvested.
October 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
gregfallis.com
Asymmetrical balance.

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A shattered window in an abandoned 19th century farmhouse, through which can be seen a tree and a field. To the right of the window, the plaster on a wall is peeling away.
October 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
gregfallis.com
Yesterday I went to photograph an abandoned farmhouse I was told was haunted. It wasn't, but now the history of that house is haunting me.
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A photograph of an abandoned two-story Italianate-style farmhouse built in the late 1860s.
October 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
gregfallis.com
Why yes, I did spend the morning noodling around a late 19th century abandoned farmhouse in which three people died. I mean, it's October, right?

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October 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
gregfallis.com
Pond, with supplemental decorative windmill.

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A small farm pond with a decorative windmill (and reflections).
October 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
gregfallis.com
I saw a very red truck.

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A rust-stained corrugated metal shed, a weed-enshrouded white propane tank, and in the background, a very very red truck.
September 28, 2026 at 2:53 AM
gregfallis.com
I find myself happily living in a farm state without any understanding at all of farming, farm life, or farm culture. But yesterday I visited a couple of historic barns and saw some old tractors.

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The engine housing of an antique Minneapolis & Moline tractor in front of a cornfield. An inverted can of Pork & Beans serves some obscure mechanical function.
September 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM
gregfallis.com
Foggy morning, rural stuff.

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A black-and-white photograph of a shed in a cornfield. A single tree grows beside a mucky dirt path leading to the shed. A white post of undetermined purpose juts out of the ground.
September 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
gregfallis.com
Six years ago, when I took this photo, I was thinking of Dolly Parton.

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The intersection of two rural highways reminded me of Dolly Parton's song. Working nine to five.
August 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
sathnam.bsky.social
Took the fam on a walking holiday. They hated me for it. By the end, I hated myself. Piece in The Times magazine today. #Countryside #Walking #Hills #Ruralstuff

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Can I persuade my family to love the British countryside?
When he was growing up in Wolverhampton, going on a walk meant his parents couldn’t afford the bus fare. So what possessed Sathnam Sanghera to take seven members of his family on their first hiking tr...
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June 22, 2024 at 6:55 AM
gregfallis.com
Yesterday I had a reason to get in my car and leave town. And yeah, I know it's not safe to drive with one hand and shoot a photo with the other, but the little #RicohGR3X makes it fairly easy and there was a glorious break in the cloud cover.
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A long, straight, flat rural county road on a day of intermittent clouds.
June 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
gregfallis.com
Raccoon crossing, for #MayinMonochrome (1 b&w photo every day in May).

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A black and white photograph of raccoon tracks in a muddy path between patches of dead grass.
May 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
gregfallis.com
I'm an advocate of slow bicycling on Dutch(ish) bikes because it allows you to look around and take in the sights. Like this momma and calf, who were loitering just off the bike trail.

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A black-and-white photograph of a what I assume is a Longhorn cow (because c'mon, look at those horns) and her calf beneath a leafy tree. They're both looking at the photographer with what I hoped was benign curiosity.
May 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
gregfallis.com
Troll hunting under an old wooden bridge, for #MayinMonochrome (1 b&w photo every day in May).

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A black-and-white photograph of the support structures of an old wooden bridge.
May 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
gregfallis.com
Cycling through rural Iowa is fun, but it always reminds me that I've absolutely no real understanding of agriculture. I'm confident these are called grain elevators, but I've no idea what they do.

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A pair of cyclists riding the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail. To one side are what I believe to be grain elevators.
May 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
gregfallis.com
Took the #WeeFuji out into the countryside today for #MayinMonochrome (1 b&w photo every day in May).

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A black-and-white photograph of a shattered tree behind a rail fence. An empty field edged by trees in the distance. Clouds have arranged themselves nicely.
May 2, 2026 at 1:25 AM
gregfallis.com
Sometimes you shoot a photo without quite knowing why, just that there's something there that pleases your eye. It doesn't do to ask too many questions.

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A black-and-white photograph of the side of a barn, a wooden picket fence that hasn't been painted in recent history, and some random farm equipment. Winter denuded trees can be seen in the background. On the side of the barn is a sign detailing the rules for duck racing.
March 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
gregfallis.com
Out in the country yesterday. Post-winter farmland is pretty bleak, but sometimes dramatic.

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A black-and-white photograph of a shed (in shadow) and a barn repurposed as a market. A sign on the roof reads, "Harvest Barn." Winter denuded trees for a line in the background.
March 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
gregfallis.com
Out on the gravel. Old barn, pointless fence.

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An old ramshackle barn on a country road. In front of the barn is a section of fence. The sky is blue.
March 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
gregfallis.com
Before the storm hits.

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A black-and-white photograph of a Midwestern farmstead briefly illuminated by sunlight through storm clouds.
March 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM