This article was originally published by The Mennonite

Summer days in Iowa

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:

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The view from behind the farm out across the corn fields.

 

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Trees and corn

 

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Corn and sky

 

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Walnut Grove

 

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Corn tassel

 

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Corn leaf

 

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Sunset over the corn

 

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Up close with corn silk

 

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Bumble bee on a flower

 

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Bumble bee on a flower from above

 

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Tiny flower in the grass

 

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Beetle and flower

 

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Fly on Queen Ann’s Lace

 

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Ant on Queen Ann’s Lace

 

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Queen Ann’s lace buds

 

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Loading the water balloon slingshot at the Miller reunion

 

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Firing the water balloon catapault

 

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The afterglow of a launch

 

Miller cousins with balloons

Bringing more balloons for the catapault

 

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A musical trio practices under the tree

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