Posted on 07/20/09 at 11:37 AM
This weekend I went out to Iowa to visit Charletta’s family’s farm and spend a day with the Millers, her mother’s family. Here are a few of the photos I took:
The view from behind the farm out across the corn fields.
Trees and corn
Corn and sky
Walnut Grove
Corn tassel
Corn leaf
Sunset over the corn
Up close with corn silk
Bumble bee on a flower
Bumble bee on a flower from above
Tiny flower in the grass
Beetle and flower
Fly on Queen Ann’s Lace
Ant on Queen Ann’s Lace
Queen Ann’s lace buds
Loading the water balloon slingshot at the Miller reunion
Firing the water balloon catapault
The afterglow of a launch
Bringing more balloons for the catapault
A musical trio practices under the tree
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