Forest Path

Contrast

There are certain subjects in 

photography that I like.

There are also certain types of photos

that I like to shoot.

I like to shoot photos that

have great contrast in some way.

This photo shows the contrast in 

colors--purple on green--and the 

contrast of a clear plant versus

the grass behind that became so

out of focus it looks like a painting.

Each of us Angels

We are each of us angels 

with only one wing, 

and we can only fly by
embracing one another. 

 ~ Luciano de Crescenzo ~

Sunset on the Field

After the Rain

Sunrise on the Meadow

Purple Blooms

I credit both my friend Kristy

and photography for helping me see

old objects in new ways. 

This metal structure the clematis

is climbing on was once

part of a 3-section privacy screen,

with wood panels in each section.

I saw it and instantly thought, "Trellis."

I removed the wooden panels, 

added some thin wires for the vine

to help grow on,

connected it to one end of a shed

and now I have beautiful trellis

with a beautiful clematis.

It was planted only this spring

so I was delighted to have any flowers

on it at all, but am hoping

that next year the entire

trellis will be covered in purple blooms.

Yellow Begonia

I'm a little surprised my begonia

has made it all through summer

and is still blooming like this

as we enter autumn.

God made our world

such a beautiful place

and for that I'm thankful.

Barn 2

Faith and Love

As I walked through this cemetery this week,

I thought about how all of us will end up in

a similar place someday.

We have to make the most of each day.

It really is true that at the end of our lives,

the only thing that matters is how

we made others feel

and how much love we gave.

It's a sobering experience to see the

tombstones of all the people

who have gone before us.

I have love.

I am loved.

I give love.

I take love.

I create love.

I have faith.

 

Beauty of the Farm

Sweet Guardian Angel

The Butterfly Affect

What the caterpillar calls 

the end of the world,

the master calls

a butterfly.

~ Richard Bach ~

Stained Glass Sunset

Flower Patch

Lake View

Cone Flowers

These beautiful coneflowers were growing

in a butterfly garden at Lake Iowa County Park.

I am amazed at the beauty one can find

at the town, county and state parks in Iowa.

I've found that the county parks are really

underrated and are very worth taking

a second and third look at.

They are often underused and in

beautiful condition. 

Lake Iowa is certainly no exception.

Check out this park near Millersburg 

and Ladora, Iowa. 

Always Flowers

There are always flowers

for those

who want to see them.

~ Henri Matisse ~

Drink Coca Cola

Sweet Pea

To Everything There is a Season

To everything there is a season,

a time for every purpose under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

 

A Family's Way of Life

An old sexist saying:

"Love is the thing that enables  a woman to sing while she

mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots."

Most farms here in the Midwest are a family ordeal, a family's way of life,

and the woman is just as likely to be out in the barn in her barn boots

or out running the combine. Farming is a family affair.

 

Saving Mother Earth

The future depends on what we do in the present.

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

 

Old Iowa Barn

Autumn Approaching

Crystal Ball

Along the Riverbank

I Believe

"I believe in the sun,
 even when it is not shining.
 I believe in love,
 even when I don't feel it.
 I believe in God,
 even when there is silence."
 ~Words scratched on the walls

of a cellar in Cologne, Germany
by a Jew hiding from Nazi persecution~

 

 

Clouds just before the storm rolled in.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe. 



Hummingbird at Dinnertime