A combine is a machine used to harvest, thresh, and clean grain plants. This is a ghost combine. It is stands near the road, overgrown with plants and weeds, a memory more than a machine. It seemed as if I was photographing a dinosaur, its long neck leaning crazily forward, as if it was lunging at me. The early morning light has given it a golden hue that guilds its deception. It stands adrift, an extinct creature awash in an ironic sea of vividly colored plants.