Link and Greet #20

Scenes from the Heartland

Hey ya'll I'm finally back home and ready to party again.  We went home to visit the Grandparents in Oklahoma and Texas and had a lovely time.  Since I didn't have a party last week I don't have any features to share with you but.....I have a few pictures we took while we were visiting that I thought you all might enjoy.  My husband got a new camera and I think he took about a million pictures.......here are just a few of my favorites... 

This old barn seems to have seen better days, yet nestled between a still pond and a rain filled sky its breathtaking. 

Dragonflies don't seem to mind the summer heat.  On a still hot day on the prairie the only sounds you will hear are that of the dragonflies wings and the occasional moo of a cow in the distance. 

Funny story about this photo.  The sky is from a picture taken of a sunset over the Gulf of Mexico, where we live now and the landscape is of the prairie in Oklahoma where we used to live.  So its kind of symbolic of our old and new homes.  My husband is getting pretty good at photoshop don't you think.

When the prairies of Oklahoma turn gold in the summer heat the Purple Thistle stands up proud and tall reminding us that God is still in control.  They seem to thrive when every thing else is dried up.

No other scene can make my heart fill with pride than that of a field of freshly baled hay.  I think of the work involved and the uncertainty of that way of life.  Storing up hay for their livestock never knowing if the rains will provide another opportunity to bale again.

Ok I'm finished philosophizing over Dragonflies and hay bales .......On with the Party!