#iowa winter

[johndunwin]

a shelter of sorts

A transmission tower stands beside trees planted as windbreak near an Iowa farmhouse. Shot from I-80 in January 2021, the scene appears calm—ice, fence, gray sky—but everything here works: the tower collecting data, the trees blocking wind, even my passing camera recording.

What looks like stillness is a landscape of infrastructure. The tower's role remains invisible except for its form. The trees were placed deliberately decades ago for summer shade and winter wind. The fence marks property and keeps livestock. And somewhere in that moment, the tower likely registered my phone as I drove past, noting my passage through this frame I thought I was simply capturing.

Nothing here is wild. Nothing here is still.

[lemonlimekodkod]

[hit-the-dirt-and-get-back-on]

[honestlydonotcareenough]

Quiet winter night.

[cowboyjen68]

Our drive to pick up Lori’s best friend from her old school.

[honestlydonotcareenough]

Winter night in Iowa.

[cowboyjen68]

This is my propane company. It’s this guy’s job to make sure dumbasses like me don’t run out of heating fuel. Propane is by far my largest utility expense. And in cold snaps like this we use a lot of it.

[hit-the-dirt-and-get-back-on]

My photos.