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Freshly planted paddy

Seedings

seedlings
     

seedlings

seedlings

bigger seedlings!
     

from afar - bigger seedlings!

bigger seedlings!

closeup of bigger seedlings!
     

from afar - bigger seedlings!

even bigger seedlings!

even bigger seedlings!
     

from afar, wel on its way

downright bushy seedlings!

even downright bushier seedlings!
     

perhaps six weeks after planting

about seven weeks after planting

two months after planting, from afar (the view, that is, not the planting)
     

seven weeks after planting

Here come those ears!

the ears, or i-ne, are appearing
     

Note how they are turning brown-ish

Ears a-plenty!

Ears aplenty from afar
     

Getting top heavy now!

even more top heavy...

Look at 'em lean!
     

Approaching maturity now!

Any day now!

Simply gorgeous!
     

Gorgeaous even from afar

Yet even more gorgeous close-up

Heavily laden ears
     

Again, ain't they gorgeous? Up close and personal.

Even closer are more beautiful. Harvest is but days away.

Finally, harvesting has begun.