There's a farm not far from my house, a place called Circleville Farm, that's owned by Penn State University. For a couple years now, they've been negotiating a sale of that land to a developer. I don't think they've actually sold it yet- they're trying to do some sort of negotiation concerning what actually gets built there- but they've rezoned it and it's only a matter of time before building begins. In all likely hood, the place will be unrecognizable in 10 years.
Crossing Circleville road, I arrived on a bike path that cuts across the farm:

And I followed it to a road:


I took over 40 photos during this excursion, but don't worry, I won't put all of them in the writeup. Just the most important ones and the ones I like best.


I reached the top of the hill and there was this beautiful day lily in the grass:


I took my first stab at photographing a bird, not very good results:


Up ahead, there was a fork in the road. I decided to take the right hand path, to go down to the place where there used to be gardens. The University used to rent land to people who wanted a place to plant. We had a small plot there for a while, and we grew popcorn and squash and beans and mint. I hadn't been that way for a while, so I wanted to see if the gardens were still there at all, albeit overgrown.


They weren't.

That's where our plot used to be. But hey! I did find two patches of mint that may be decedents of the mint we grew!


I headed back to the main path. My goal was to reach the old, abandoned barn where the swallows live and stick a letter to it, thus completing both "Trespassing the Future" and "Object Annotation" at once.


But as I turned the corner, I encountered a tractor:

He was mowing the grass. I had to wait for him to pass before I could go on.


There were tons of swallows here.


I went on:


This beautiful old oak tree is at the bottom of the hill, standing by itself in a meadow of wildflowers. I love this tree. It's beautiful in every season, and it's huge.


Onwards!

Once around that last bend, I approached the barn:

I went around the back and there were tons of swallows there! Here's the barn:


Here's a video of the swallows. I tried taking photos, but they didn't do them justice:


I got a photo of a swallow's nest, too:


And finally, I headed home:

On my way back, I encountered another big cluster of swallows. Here's my second attempt to video tape them:


So that's it for trespassing the future. All of the things I photographed today will be gone within 10 years. The barn, the swallows, the trees, the flowers, the birds; the deer, which I didn't get to photograph but I know live there, rabbits and groundhogs, snakes, hawks, turtles, and on and on. They'll all be gone.