Friday, October 19, 2012

Cross-Country Meet

Yesterday afternoon I attended my niece’s district cross-country meet.  It was held on the grounds of a school.  There was a flower garden in front and I couldn’t pass up taking a picture of these asters in their autumn glory…

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In the next photo you can see the cross-country runners.  The course for girls is approximately 2-1/2 miles long and for the boys it is longer.  My own kids participated in cross-country, and I came to love the meets, one reason being that the spectators can get good exercise, too, hustling back and forth across the course to cheer the runners on.  It beats the heck out of sitting on bleachers, in my opinion!     

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Also in the photo above is the plant where our milk gets trucked to.  From there it is transported in bigger trucks to another facility to be processed for sale as fluid milk.

3 comments:

Tiggeriffic said...

Purple and Pink asters are so pretty to look at and see this time of year.. Almost the last of the fall flowers..
It's been so cold and rainy (thank goodness for the rain) for our cross-country runners this fall.. I feel bad for them.. But they are keeping in shape and run run running..
have a tiggeriffic day- ta ta for now from Iowa:)

Trish said...

As usual, your photography is fantastic. Beautiful flowers

Mary Ann said...

Love the asters... mine have about died out, it was good to see them!