40 of 52: Only Deere Here

Here is another fun picture we took in December when we were trying to get a family picture taken. This is a great old John Deere tractor we found in the entrance of an undeveloped subdivision called Harvest View. This old tractor has been around a few years. It probably was manufactured around 1927. You see a lot of old tractor bone piles in this country-sadly deserted relics that speak of the years and years of hard labor that went into making this country what it is today.

It's interesting that this tractor would have likely been built right before the days of The Great Depression. I wonder if a farmer bought this shiny new revolutionary tool with high hopes one day, and then shattered dreams the next as the world's economic structure crumbled. Maybe he lost it to the bank and then eventually it was restored to it's useful purpose. I don't know, but when I hear the stories of my own grandparents and great-grandparents, I just wonder...

Now, it sits in the entrance to this new subdivision. The subdivision was put in quite some time ago but remains largely unoccupied. With the worlds recent economic downturn, our real estate and building markets have been hard hit here in our area, and there are many subdivisions and homes in this same condition. To me, it's ironic that this old shiny tractor sits there in the middle of the evidence of loss... loss of better times. Loss of hopes and dreams. And like times past, this old tractor may be hoping for better times... just like we are.

And then there's John Deere. It's been here through it all...

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