Fall Night at the Farm
by RC DeWinter
Title
Fall Night at the Farm
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Copyright 2016 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
home from the hills
another night drive
through the winding hills
and i'm tired
needing coffee and something to eat
and a bathroom
but there's nothing like that out here
under the icy autumn moon
i'm forty miles or more
away from civilization
a diner a bar even a gas station
where i can grab something
to stifle the growling in my guts
and stretch my legs and pee
and maybe even talk about the weather
it's a cold fall
but there's been plenty of rain
so the leaves are brilliant in their dying
these hills are a new england patchwork
no quilting circle could ever rival
the sugar maples flaunt shades of
red and gold and everything in between
while the stately pines hold steadfast
in their emerald stillness
it's pretty enough but a little too quiet
even for me
who loves silence and nature
but also needs the library the ocean
and the occasional night out
without having to drive hours to enjoy them
as i round a curve a farmstead
off to my right
isolated lonely and small
suddenly sends me back half a century
and i hear my father laughing
she's so crazy about animals
she oughta marry a farmer
i never did
and how useless i would have been
a down at the heels dreamer
completely unfitted for the tasks of a farmwife
suited only for the ephemera of the creative
impractical and while not exactly lazy
unwilling to wed myself to unrelenting labor
the twelve-hour days and sometimes nights too
with no vacations and damn little leisure
a life spent pitting time and hope and money
against the vagaries of nature
the memory spurs me to step on the gas
and hurry even faster to the nearest town
for food and drink and a warm bathroom
and as i fly down the road i murmur
sorry dad that was never going to work
~ copyright 2016 RC deWinter
A night view of a quiet farm in the autumn hills of the Berkshires in rural western Massachusetts.
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Comments (24)
Mimulux patricia no
another beautiful, magical night scene gina ! f/v :)
RC DeWinter replied:
Thanks you, Pat, glad you like my impressionist farm, I appreciate the encouragement.
Hanne Lore Koehler
Marvelous capture and digital special effects of this peaceful nighttime farm scene, RC! L/F
Vickie Emms
NOTEWORTHY Group is proud to feature this beautiful fine art greeting card May 10, 2016 Congratulations Gina
Anand Swaroop Manchiraju
Wonderful expression of night scene,with a lovely effect !! Love the composition too. L/F
Sandra Church
I love this and your description adds to the mood. Makes me think of what it was like for farmers wives with 10 or more children!
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