Returning to the past

The Allen County area of Indiana used to be a swamp and parts, few, still are. The last few downpour days have brought us to the wonder of the swamp of the eighteenth and earlier centuries. The waves of grain and hay and grass are as tall as sunflowers.

It is a refreshing look, appearance from the crunchy yellow and brown -- green, green, wet and sweet. Of course, mowed it smells much of cow manure. There is nothing quite like it, fresh lawn, sweet, green and the breeze of waning summer.