Tough

Little Cuter's family is surrounded by falling leaves 

and trees in all their Fall splendor. 

Corn fields, not strip malls, line the roads.

A silo anchoring a harvested field,

planting rows neatly furrowed,

and stands of Lodgepole pines

are what I expect to see as I drive around.  But yesterday I saw this

and this

and bladed smooth acres of previously fertile fields of corn. 

It's a data center. 

The old folks died and the heirs sold the farm for gazillions of dollars.  It's hard to fault them.  

But I wonder what effect the heat and the dust will have on the fields across the street.  It's a two lane road.  

And I already know what effect the data center's mere existence has had on the residents.  They're sad. 

These things have to go somewhere.  I just wish this one wasn't impinging on the pastoral back roads the kids travel every day.