Rice Harvest

The weather is getting cooler.

The rice fields are yellow,

ripe for the harvest.

I have been anxiously awaiting today,

when I looked outside and saw the farmers in the field.

I've told others - how anxious I am to see the harvest.

I actually told my students to go to the windows to look outside.

While we were there - another teacher knocked on my door, "I know you wanted to see the harvest -I didn't want you to miss it."

When she saw all my students standing at the windows she just smiled - agreeing that this is something not to be missed.

We were all about as distracted as we are on days when we rush to the windows to see the first snow fall of the season.

I was excited I had playground duty today and later decided to have, science class outside this afternoon.

I took video and photos of the harvesting - I'll show you more once I upload them. The photo above is the field behind my house last year during the harvest.

Here and here are videos of planting rice near school.