One of my favorite things to do on a summer morning is to photograph the dew on spider webs (minus the spider, of course). I’m always amazed at how such an ugly bug makes such a beautiful masterpiece – each strand of silk delicately connected to the other.
Whitetail deer are beautiful, graceful creatures. Our farm provides a great home for them, with green pastures for grazing and dense woods for bedding down. Throughout all my years here, though, I have never found an antler shed – one of the buried treasures of the woods. Every year, a whitetail buck will shed his…
DREAM ON… Weekly Photo Challenge
Usually by this time of year, we are done with first cut hay and the haymow is filled to the ceiling. However, Mother Nature, in all her fickleness, has seen to it that we’ve only had seven days of sunshine in the last five weeks. Rain has been the norm. Now, if you don’t know…
A tractor in the field. The sweet smell of freshly mowed hay blowing through the air. The steady drum beat of the hay baler. Harbingers of haying season and hard work. Weekly Photo Challenge
Caught this little guy outside my window, taking a break during a rainstorm.
When hate becomes acceptable, we are all doomed. Why is there an unwritten rule that says “if I am different from you, I am unacceptable and if you are different from me, you are unacceptable.” Why is it that we’ve become so numb to human tragedy? Terrible violence just becomes ANOTHER shooting, ANOTHER terror attack,…
This week’s Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge theme is off-season. Winter was the first thing that came to my mind and I knew the exact picture I wanted to use. I took this picture right after one of the numerous snowstorms this winter. It’s a barn just a short walk from my house. But then…
This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme is VIVID. And what better flower to portray that theme than the peony. They’re a garden staple that requires minimal care and produces the most brilliantly colored flowers. If you don’t have any peonies in your garden, you should definitely plant one. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
This little hummingbird landed in the dogwood tree outside my kitchen window yesterday and took a long enough break for me to grab my camera.
The Farmers in the Dell 