Early morning dew glistens on soybean pods in a field on the corner of Mountain Glen and Kaolin Road in Cobden, Ill., on Oct. 2, 2010. Farmers and residents alike call Cobden and the farmland surrounding it their homes.
As the sun rises over the outskirts of Cobden, Ill., a hawk flies from a tree. Taken Oct. 2, 2010.
Morning sunlight shining through foliage illuminates a country road on the outskirts of Cobden, Ill., on Oct. 2, 2010.
A curious cow stops grazing Oct. 2, 2010, to check out what the photographer is up to. Taken in Cobden, Ill.
Kailey Sherman, of Goreville, sits on a dog made of metal car parts such as pistons, car springs, and a muffler as she grins at her great-grandmother Shirley Sauerhage, 69, at a car show Oct. 2, 2010, in Cobden, Ill. Sauerhage’s grandson-in-law made the dog and owns the car behind Sherman. “God, to be young again,” said Sauerhage of Sherman’s energy.
Business comes and goes Oct. 2, 2010, at the Cobden One Stop gas station on Front Street in Cobden, Ill.
A sign advertising a yard sale at the corner of Rittle and Chestnut Street in Alto Pass, Ill., points the way during a community-wide garage sale Oct. 2, 2010.