Upward creep of water tables in the eastern Sandhills of Nebraska finally overtook this farmstead, creating a shallow lake in what had been mostly dry lowlands, and leaving both old (foreground) and newer (background) houses to flood, inundated and abandoned. Well-protected from hail, the houses instead will succumb to wet rot. Between the blue sky, blue metal roofs, and blue-reflecting waters, this scene offers a lot of the literal blues as well as some metaphorical ones, in thoughts of the loss of the land and a way of life.
4 N Rose NE (4 Jun 20) Looking W
42.246, -99.5267