Archive for the ‘Photo Friday’ Category
September 25, 2009 – Photo Friday “the Face”
Photo Friday is a weekly photo challenge that offers up a theme and people post photos about that theme. I’m an intermittent participant, depending on the theme and what’s going on at the farm. This week’s theme is “the face” and my entry this week is one of pure joy from Emma on a whale watching boat in the Atlantic.
one year ago…”Thingamajig Thursday #134″
January 16, 2009 – Photo Friday “Meditation”
This is a bit strange that this week’s Photo Friday theme is “meditation” and exactly a year ago, that was the topic of the blog on this day. So, I guess we’ll repeat the entry, just because! So, here is last year’s entry repeated:
After Martin got his jammies on, he shouted down the stairs to us, “Can I meditate?”
We gave him the ok to go ahead and meditate, a bit puzzled. We wondered what a 6-year-old meant by “meditate.” We waited a while so he could do his thing alone. Finally, we couldn’t stand the mystery of what he meant by meditate (and he was quiet), so we sent Emma up to investigate. Here’s what she found!
Namaste Martin.
one year ago…”Can I Meditate?”
April 11, 2008 – Photo Friday – “Fragile”
This week’s Photo Friday contest theme is Fragile. Here’s a shot of some hoarfrost from earlier in the winter (not that it couldn’t have snowed today – it is supposed to tonight!).
one year ago…”Winter Storm Warning…in April?”
April 4, 2008 – Photo Friday “Far From Home”
This week’s Photo Friday contest theme is Far From Home. Here’s a shot from the furthest I’ve been from home – Japan. A photo of a Mother and Child during cherry blossom time at a Zen temple.
one year ago…”What Happened to Spring?”
September 7, 2007 – Photo Friday “Purple”
This week’s Photo Friday contest theme is purple. Here’s a shot from a the sheep barn at the Iowa State Fair! I call these the “Odd Couple” as one is very neat and the other doesn’t seem to think that the wood chips on the posterior are troubling.
February 23, 2007 – Photo Friday “Texture”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Texture.” Here’s a portion of an old granary in the back pasture.
February 9, 2007 – Photo Friday “Sky”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Sky.” Here’s a peek of the sky on a cold winter morning.
February 2, 2007 – Photo Friday “Strange”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Strange.” Here’s a peek from inside the Iowa State Fair Sheep barn.
Today marks the midway point between winter and spring, although it doesn’t feel that way!one year ago…
December 8, 2006 – Photo Friday “Fresh”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Fresh.” Here’s a shot from the high hopes archives of milk about as fresh as you can get it!
This is one of our milk goats, Paulina.
We all know there’s more than one meaning to “fresh” so keeping that in mind, and in keeping with the goat theme, here’s another photo.
Back up to about 6 months before the milking picture for Mr. Billy getting “fresh” with his lady!
December 1, 2006 – Photo Friday “Stillness”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Stillness.” Here’s a shot of the boathouse at Kawishiwi Lodge on a still night in Northern Minnesota.
September 29, 2006 – Photo Friday – “Anger”
This week’s Photo Friday contest theme is “Anger.”
Here’s what the girls looked like after they had to pick all the beans in the garden!
September 22, 2006 – Photo Friday – “Girl”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Girl.” It was REALLY hard to choose my favorite girl picture. I think this one shows a girl (Emma) in the middle of the golden age of girlhood, age 11.
Today was the first planning meeting for the Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (INCA) conference to be held in Marshalltown in February. I’m sure more will follow!
September 8, 2006 – Photo Friday “Boy”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Boy.” It was REALLY hard to choose my favorite boy picture. I think this one tells quite a story!
When Martin was younger he would go, go, go, until he fell asleep – on the kitchen floor, in the grass near the garden, or in a chair at lunch!
August 25, 2006 – Photo Friday “Circle”
This week’s Photo Friday Contest theme is “Circle.” Here is my entry.
This is a Gaillardia from our garden photoshopped into a round shape.
Here’s what Wikipedia says about Gaillardia:
Gaillardia is a genus of drought-tolerant annual and perennial plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to North America. It was named after M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany.
