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Heartland

Those of us with a bit (or a lot) of wanderlust sometimes feel trapped; we ache to get out and explore.  We’re envious of those that live in some other, greener, hillier, flatter, wetter, drier place.  Sometimes we forget to look around at the place we are, forget to notice the pretty things right here.

I was thinking about that during last weekend’s adventure with Katie.

Thinking about how pretty the farmland is around here – especially this time of year when the corn is just higher than our knees and the wheat is coming in, the fields are being hayed.

This is the heartland of America, a place you can feel comfortable no matter who you are.  Where people are just pretty much plain folk.

Not to say there aren’t just plain folks everywhere else.  But still, this is a very nice place to be.


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Light on leaves

This morning while out with Katie I saw the rising sun glimmer on the dew of a small redbud tree in the yard.  If you click on the photos you’ll see the shimmer yourself.

Katie knows what it means when Mama says “Katie – let’s go get the camera” and she trotted right back toward the house.  She’s such a good girl.

The tree reminded me of PJ’s blog “Shot in Light” ; I hope she doesn’t mind that I share her blog with all of you.  She has beautiful shots of things in the country.  Go check it out!

Anyway…here is my “light on leaves” offering to you.  Hope you have a mellow Saturday morning.


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Photo scavenger hunt – at the zoo

Karma challenged us to find photos of the following:

  • a colorful bird of your choice
  • a grad – of any sort
  • a dad – of any sort
  • something purple
  • a butterfly
  • a funny face

BONUS: a cow, bull, heifer, calf or ox.  Extra bonus points for  the belted galloway.  (This assignment isn’t due till June 25…you can challenge yourself too!)

 

So on Father’s Day I took some time and went to the Detroit Zoo.  I figured there might be a butterfly house, was sure there would be colorful birds, and figured I’d find a funny face somewhere.  And since it was Father’s Day I was hoping to find a father or two along the way.

I have to say – this was a blast!  The zoo had everything I needed except for one item on the list; I bet you can figure out which photo came out of my archives.

So let’s get going!

A Colorful bird:

I have lots of colorful bird photos, but this one won out.  I’ll show you others on another blog.  Promise.

A Graduate:

In the spring of 2008 I graduated with my library degree.  Someday I’m going to do something librarian-ish with it.

A Dad:

I saw lots of Dad’s out with their children…

…which made me miss mine a bit.  Still, it was nice to see all the families enjoying the beautiful day.

Something Purple:

I took a lot of pictures of pretty purple flowers.  But on my way out of the zoo I saw this, and knew it would become my the purple element for my hunt.  Because flowers could be anywhere, but this was definitely something from the zoo.

A Butterfly:

There was a butterfly house right near the front of the zoo!

I hadn’t seen a butterfly here at home yet this spring.  After my trip to the zoo I was weeding the garden and a monarch landed on my shoulder for a moment.   Priceless.

A Funny Face:

A funny face?  Well I saw a few, but this guy had the best face.  The docent said this emu was pretty ornery.  Maybe it was just because he had a bad hair day.

A Cow:

But of everything, you know what I’m most excited about?  The COW!  I know…I know.   A cow you say?

The zoo had farm animals so I figured I’d find a cow there, but I had no idea I might find one that looked so much like a “belted galloway.”  But look at this!

I don’t know if it really is a belted galloway…but it certainly has a wide white belt.  Maybe he’s still dressing from the 70’s.

All in all I am truly grateful to Karma for challenging me like this.  I had a wonderful Father’s Day morning.  Such fun!

Here’s one more funny face from the zoo…