THROUGH THE LENS | Farmers and livestock alike sweltered in the first days of September, harvest hit full-throttle and the fall colours painted their usual, glorious tapestry.
Leaves in Riding Mountain National Park burst into a full spectrum of colour Sept. 17. (Alexis Stockford photo) 
The sun sets over fall foliage on the banks of Proven Creek south of Riding Mountain National Park on Sept, 17. (Alexis Stockford photo) Oat chaff flies as a steam tractor powers an old-fashioned threshing machine at Steinbach’s Mennonite Heritage Village during the Fall on the Farm event Sept. 4. (Geralyn Wichers photo) Birds of different feathers flocked together in the RM of Lorne Sept. 9. (Jeannette Greaves photo) Early-ripening pumpkins alongside still-blooming zinnias make for a colourful garden in early September in central Manitoba. (Jeannette Greaves photo) Cereals come off the field along the edge of the Pembina Valley Sept. 3. (Alexis Stockford photo) Cattle take refuge in the shade north of Deerwood during an extremely hot September long weekend. (Alexis Stockford photo) Combine dust flies on the September long weekend south of Winnipeg. (Alexis Stockford photo) A crop duster banks over a field south of Rosebank as the first leaves start to turn Sept. 2. (Alexis Stockford photo)
