Where wheat and water mix

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Not everyone — or at least, everything — is particularly upset about the flooding in western Minnesota. These birds — I’m not smart enough to know what they are, and not dumb enough to guess here — enjoyed Lake UsedToBeABarleyField along US 75 in Kragnes, Minnesota, north of Moorhead, today.

The water has closed most east-west roads in the area, so people who live nearby are parking along the highway and wading into their neighborhoods.