summer images of beauty

isn't she lovely...isn't she wonderful.

the weather was delightful yesterday...so we decided to take a
walk into the fields and woods. with camera in hand and a
late summer zephyr blowing at our backs...we walked.

how nice to experience summer with balmy breezes.

there are so many things growing...wild honeysuckle...acorns...

dh found these adorable clusters of acorns...i love them.

walnuts were in clusters too.

there are drifts of white flowers lining the back of our property.
nature is stunning.

so many wildflowers...i will be breaking out the id book...

(national audubon society's field guide to wildflowers) but

for now i am just enjoying the variety in nature.

i am so glad it cooled off a bit so i could see all these wondrous sights.

wild susans?

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this is the tiniest little flower almost unnoticeable until the lens

captures it's light lavender petals.

the two youngest children decided to join us.

jesse

the back of our land is left to be cut for hay...it has a glorious

purple hue...i love seeing grasses allowed to grow wild.

they stand erect against the blue sky...and right in their midst are

wildflowers of all sizes and colours...

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painted by the hand of God.

today they are swaying gently back and forth...as if to beckon

you to take a closer look... to look at it's form...shape...details.

upon closer inspection...you notice things... things that you don't normally

pay any attention to when looking at the big picture...like how

poke weed looks like little flowers after the berries have been eaten.

~click to see what i mean~

...or how the tiniest little blossoms are literally under your feet.

...or how leaves unfurl like the petals of flowers.

...or how you can see the mating ritual of two insects.

it is all so fascinatingly beautiful.

as we continue our walk we find several felled trees.

it makes a perfect resting spot 'til...

we head home through fields of wildflowers

abbey has found something that attracts her attention.

;)

i love her little face as she ponders the intricacies of the passion flower.

then she does what any romantic would do...places the flower in her hair.

isn't she lovely....isn't she beautiful.

the bare thistle stands tall and catches our eyes on the way back.

we both admire it for a good long while.

as we arrive home i see a new bloom in the fenced veggie garden.
i can't even remember what it is...but it is beautiful(and my favourite colour.)

now we are on the home stretch...

what wonderful weather we have been provided with

for our family to go walking...fall is coming.