Category: Scenery

Spring is so Refreshing!

Con you believe it?

Yesterday, I walked around in a slight drizzle enjoying the muted sounds of nature and soaking in all the new sights.  After each stark winter, I love watching everything “wake up”, bud and bloom as Spring arrives – the slight rain was a perfect greeting as everything started to awaken!  I was especially thrilled to see that my strawberries are doing well and have multiplied greatly in the garden.  So, these few pictures are in honor of Spring and are a reminder of New Beginnings!

Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Good!

Warning: seeing these photos just might make you want to run out and buy some fruit!!!

Since before Christmas, our family has indulged in treating ourselves to “Cuties”.  Have you heard of them?  They are pretty yummy!  We really should stop purchasing them since the holidays are over but…I have meant to take a picture of them at some point simply because they are so “cute” and colorful, but we always ate them before I remembered to put them in front of the camera!  Well, the other day we were pulling out some fruit to add to our meal and I decided to stop and snag a few pictures – the strawberries and cuties were so pretty, so healthy, so rich with color!  Everything tasted as good as it looked too!  Little hands prepared the heart tray all by themselves.  Pretty good job, huh?  🙂

A Little Bit of Warmth

After the cold weather we have had I thought it would be fun to remind us all of the warmth that comes with Summer through this set of photos.  🙂

A friend of mine approached me about an idea she had.  She thought it would be fun to surprise her husband with some photos of their crops and pivots, wondering if I did that kind of thing.  Since I love taking pictures of God’s creation, scenic or “made in His image”, I said I would love to do this for her!

She explained what she was thinking and we later drove around together so she could show me various fields and where they were located.

The timing was tricky since (ideally) she desired the corn to be tasseled out, the pivots to be on (giant sprinklers for those who do not farm), and then there was the lighting/weather to work with.  Now, those pivots had to be timed just right!  They needed to be close to the road but they do not come on every day.  When they are on the pivots move rather slowly.  Catching them on AND close to the road WHEN the lighting was good was a challenge, but I am thankful to say it all came together and she was able to give her husband several large prints for Christmas this year – and he was very pleased!  🙂  As a memory, my kids and I laugh about the time I stood up on top of the car in order to see above the corn and capture these images.  🙂

A Wet Snow

Oooohhhhh, we were super excited to see snow outside our windows this morning!  It was a bonus to discover it was a “wet” snow this time – you can do so much more with wet snow!  We played outdoors as it continued to fall from the sky – fresh, quiet, and peaceful!  What fun we had!  Here are a few pictures snapped along the way.  We have been waiting and waiting for a wet snowfall so we could build a certain type of “snowman”, you will see our creation within this set of photos!  Happy snow day, all!  🙂

Backtracking to CHRISTmas

I know, I know…Christmas has passed and we are currently into the New Year, but I had some lovely pictures to share and did not find time to do so before now.  So, for those out there who enjoy pretty things, the meaning of CHRISTmas, lights, the fun additions to Christmas and such you just might enjoy cruising through these photos.  🙂  We had a wonderful time over the holidays and I hope the same was true for you!