We're completing another no rain week in the area where the soil is crumbly and dry.  It has been productive for the farmers doing soybeans (still some to do) and the continuation of combining corn.  Lots of corn but good new for farms is how dry the kernels and no need for the grain dryers.  I find it amazing the maple leaves continue to stay green while others have begun to show their fall colors.  The deer are on the move at dawn and dusk and pheasants are flying ahead of the combines in the corn fields.