Crop planting 2009

A little rose
Day Lillies

No Till planting the soybeans
Crop Rotatiling the crusty fields

I love Rita's Getati's
My new haircut (too short!)
This is the probably the last year, my hubby will be planting his crop business.

The farm, dairy and crop business has been in the family which he took it over after the dairy cows were sold in the mid 80's. (where it was just him and his dad milking the cows)

For years besides a full time job, crop farming was about 100 + acres. (70-90 acres of soybeans, 30 acres of corn and 10 acres of hay).

The weather for this Spring has made it very hard for local farmers, many have not been able to plant their corn/soybeans on schedule with the constant rain and not enough time to dry up the fields.

I think this has been the worst year for farming besides the droughts we went thru back in 1999.

The flowers continue to thrive and my kids are enjoying the Summer days relaxing and soon attending camp and vacation. This year, schools begin early on August 31st so one could say half of the Summer is gone....

POTD

(My POTD for 7-1-2009)

http://photographyvoice.com/

I have always enjoyed and loved photography. My first camera was when I was 4 and it was a toy camera. (In my family album)


Later, at 13, I saved up money for my first Sears 126X film camera and remember having to spend extra for the flash bulbs. Looking back, this camera helped me to shoot with a square frame composition.


By the time, I was in late high school, I had gone thru a few point and shoot cameras but my first SLR was my Canon AE-1 program.

When digital cameras came out, my first was a Canon S110 and later the Canon A80 and to the first Bridge Canon, the Canon Pr01, my favorite landscape and macro camera.
Saving up my money I finally got a Canon 350D DSLR and its been a great hobby to combine all my knowledge thru forums and photography mini challenges.
http://www.pbase.com/sueymarky/mini_ctf_inbox


I started to enter in the POTD last year, and it has been a great learning experience to enter and observe besides winning a POTD.
http://photographyvoice.com/member/profile/7312/sue-anne-rush
I pass my photography to my children and I believe my son has picked up the skills to understand the settings and the lighting of photography since he was 4 years old.
My daughter is more to enjoy just point and shoot photography and has a ways to go.



Take the time to experiment, observe and compose.
Its all about light and composition but remember to be creative and have fun to capture the memories.