Korean Fields in Autumn

Korean rice field in autumn looks funny for me with balls of hay usually rolled up in neat white plastics or sometimes black ones. The rice fields that I regularly pass by are really an interesting to look at starting in the spring when the farmers are just starting to plant the little rice seedlings and the field looks greener as the summer rolls on. By that time, it would be colored in bright green.  It gradually turns into golden shade as autumn comes. When the grains are harvested, the hay are left on the ground to dry a bit before being rolled up into white giant-marshmallow-like balls on the field by some farming equipment. They are usually neatly piled up at some part of the field but it is interesting to catch sight of these before that when are randomly scattered dotting the field with those white marshmallows.

I've seen these yesterday on our way home from a Kimjang Festival. It was almost dark but I can still clearly spot those white balls. It was a delight to see them through the window during the subway ride home last night.