Barn Charm

I was Christmas shopping yesterday and forgot until just now about doing a Barn Charm post.  So here's a late one.  This drive-by photo of a corn crib was taken last week...

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On Saturday

We attended a wedding last Saturday.  This is a busy time of year to be getting married, but the holiday colors and decorations were nice.  This photo was taken at the reception...

The couple exited the church not to a barrage of rice or bird seed or bubbles, but to a crowd of guests holding lighted sparklers.  By then it was after dark and the scene looked really cool!  I should have taken a photo, but stupid me didn't have my camera with me right then.

Oreo Field

My kids used to call a scene like this an "Oreo field"...

This photo was taken last Monday.  The snow didn't last long and now today it is raining.  When I got to the barn this morning I asked my husband if April showers bring May flowers then what do December showers bring.  He wasn't sure.  Also, I caught him listening to classical music on the radio as he milked the cows.  I told him the cows were probably giving cultured milk.

Windmill

Scene cropped out of a drive-by photo from last Sunday which I was about to delete but then changed my mind...

Skywatch

Morning sky from a couple days ago...

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Coaxing Color

Here's a couple more drive-by photos from Sunday.  I used the hue and saturation wheel in Picture It  to coax a little more color out of the scenes.  The colors were there, but weren't showing up on this gray, cloudy morning.  Look closely to see the colors in these church windows...   

And, I couldn't not take aim at these hay baskets all lined up waiting for next baling season...

Trees

Here is one of the multitude of drive-by tree photos I took on Sunday.   It turned out slightly blurry which almost gives it the look of a painting, I think.

Baby Ruth Truck

I shouldn't have, but I did.  While waiting at an intersection in Cedar Falls yesterday I took a quick, furtive shot of this Baby Ruth semi.  Just couldn't resist.

Barn Charm

This photo was taken on Sunday.  I've snapped drive-by shots of this barn several times before but have never been happy with the results until now.  The snow must have tipped the scales. 

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Road Signs

Here's a few photos from yesterday which fall under the theme of road signs...

Finally Some Snow

This morning we did chores extra early so we could make it to our grandson's baptism.  And, look what we saw as we traveled along---some snow!    

It gave the farm fields a whole new look...

At one point we saw a flock of wild turkeys out in a field.  You'll have to take my word for it since the photo  of them turned out too blurry to use.  About a mile onwards we spied these hunters and I felt like hollering out the window to tell them where the turkeys were!

In the afternoon when we drove home, the snow was all gone.

Barberry

Here's a photo of barberry, taken last week.  I was happy with it just the way it was and didn't change a thing.  

Flowers & Texture

A photo from last week with some sandstone texture added...

I actually have a few Christmas decorations put up now.  That doesn't mean I'm in the holiday mood, but at least it looks like maybe I am.  

Skywatch

No photoworthy skies lately so I went back to the September file for this one.  Sunset was beautiful that evening and I took many photos.

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Insulators

Here's a couple drive-by shots from last Sunday.  I happened to get a quick glimpse of aqua glass insulators on a pole as we crossed a railroad track... 

And, at one point, I decided to take a landscape shot despite the colorlessness of this late fall season.  I guess the scene is kind of pretty in its own drab way...  

Oriole Nest

We saw this oriole nest on Sunday when we were at the nature trail...

The trail was built on a former railroad grade.  Here's another portion, newly-paved with asphalt...

Barn Charm

Here's a drive-by photo taken in Wisconsin in late September.  Uff da  is a Norwegian expression of exclamation which is pronounced "oof duh", as far as I know.  It can be heard occasionally on our farm even though we are not Norwegian.

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Trail Visit

After church yesterday my husband suggested that we go for a walk on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail to take advantage of the mild, sunny weather.  (The excursion also included eating out for lunch.  Hooray!)  

This is the trail's new bridge over the Cedar River at Evansdale which replaces the old one wrecked in the big flood several years ago...

It would take an alot of hikers and bikers to add up to 10 tons, I would think...

The only traffic on the bridge was us...

An eagle was on lookout from high above the river which is quite low right now...

Lastly, I like this shot though it has some pinkish windshield glare going on here and there...

Dried Asters

Here's a couple more photos taken during my walk on Friday.  I thought these asters looked photo-worthy in their dried-up condition.  This shot is my computer screen background right now...

I almost hope some snow arrives soon so I can get some wintery holiday season type photos.  Almost.  As you can see, I changed my blog background and border to Christmas colors.  I wish the changeover didn't get applied to all of the previous blogposts, too, but it does.

I'm watching a PBS special about Peter, Paul & Mary at the moment.  Their harmonies make me want to sing along.  I like the challenge of finding the harmony parts.  That's why I sing alto at church, though I can reach soprano, too.  Right now, Noel Paul Stookey is singing The Wedding Song  on TV.  I sang that at a couple weddings many years ago.  Our music teacher in grade school sometimes played a Peter, Paul & Mary record album for us.  We'd sing along to If I Had a Hammer  and Puff the Magic Dragon  and This Land is Your Land.      

Wild Weeds

Yesterday the weather was really nice so I took the camera along on my walk.  Found these wild and crazy weeds in the road ditch...