Barbed Wire and Weeds

I tried some artsy stuff on this one. This is supposed to look like brush strokes.

A Country Gate

I liked the shadows in this shot.

I'm going to try to get some sleep quick so I can get up at 2am for the meteor shower. I'll catch up on commenting on your blogs tomorrow.

There Goes The Neighborhood

I was raised in a tiny community in Oregon called Bridge. The last time I drove through Bridge the old neighborhood just didn't seem the same. Must be those city folks moving in....

Corn Field- Not ready yet

I'll be happy when we have local corn ready to eat.

The Gate

A gate on a farm in Douglas County Oregon. Editing included a Photoshop plug-in filter called Monday Morning.

Red Barn

I'm not real crazy about this shot. Just too much going on in it I guess, but its the only shot I got of this great red barn. I didn't see the little deer lying on the grass in front of the barn until I started editing it.

Lookingglass Rd

More of those wonderful round hay bales. The town you see in the distance is Roseburg, my home town. Lookingglass is a little community out of Roseburg and this scene was taken from the top of a hill headed out on Lookingglass Rd

Dinner Time

I could never get tired of looking at cows. There is just somethinig so peaceful about them.

On The Road to Tyee

I really like the darker weeds mixed in with the dry grass here.



I'm changing the number of posts that show on the page from 10 to 3. Hopefully this will help speed it up. Let me know.

Hey, It's Hay!

The haying is done in the Umpqua Valley. The hay from this field has been hauled off to the barn



Round hay bales still dot some fields



And some bales are protected from the rain in neatly sealed plastic cases.

What the best dressed cows are wearing this summer

Bee Hives near Silverton

What better place to raise honey bees than near fields of flowers. I stopped by these hives, rolled down the window, snapped as fast as I could and rolled the window up quickly. Whew!

OK We're back in the Silverton area. There are 3 fields of flowers in this shot. I believe the flowers in the front field are snapdragons? I love the varied color.

I don't know what the white with the tire tracks in the far field is.

Last Days

I've seen lots of old buildings in all stages of disrepair and decay, but this one wins the prize. The blackberry vines have taking over and may be all thats holding parts of the building up. The old homestead may no longer be of any value but my guess is that the family memories and stories that could be told here are worth so much more than gold.

Peace In The Valley

Same area sans flowers.

...as we walk in fields of gold...

They walked along listening to the singing of the brightly colored birds and looking at the lovely flowers which now became so thick that the ground was carpeted with them. There were big yellow and white and blue and purple blossoms, besides great clusters of poppies, which were so brilliant in color they almost dazzled Dorothy's eyes.

"Aren't they beautiful?" the girl asked, as she breathed in the spicy scent of the bright flowers.

"I suppose so," answered the Scarecrow. "When I have brains, I shall probably like them better."

"If I only had a heart, I should love them," added the Tin Woodman.

"I always did like flowers," said the Lion. "They seem so helpless and frail. But there are none in the forest so bright as these."

~The Wizard of Oz~

I'm Dreaming of a White......

...field of flowers...

It almost looks like a Christmas scene :) Beautiful white flowers with a few gold ones scattered around the field.

The Color Purple

Can you just imagine sitting in your backyard with your morning coffee looking out over this gorgeous field?

I don't know what kind of flowers these are and I wonder how they are a money crop.. I just know they are breathtaking and my heart almost stopped when I first came across these fields of flowers.

Floral Crops

Yep, the farm area around Silverton is certainly God's country. I was amazed at the different types of crops grown in this area. And I was absolutely delighted to find that many of the crops were flowers.. in some places huge brillient fields of flowers. But I'm saving those for my Silverton finale. :)

There are 4 different crops in this one photo.

Dead, Dried 'n' Done

I'm back home. The road from Salem to Silverton must have the most beautiful farm land in Oregon or other parts unknown. Gorgeous countryside. I got tons and tons of shots.

I have a lot of work to do sorting and editing but here is a quick edit on one before I'm head off to bed.

I think this little piece of land next to the old barn was the only spot I saw that didn't have crops growing. The farmer must have decided not to plant this area this year but all around it was lush with crops.



I'll have to wait to visit your blogs tomorrow. Off to bed for now.