Tag Archives: Fields

CMMC July Pick a Topic

Sunflower and Corn Fields. Near Badger Creek State Recreation Area, Iowa. July 19, 2021.

It’s my favorite week of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Pick a Topic from Her Photo! Find the challenge photo here. Cee says, “This photo is of the small grape vineyard with hay fields. Possible topics: children’s play area, haystack, grape vines, trees, green blue, red, stairs, lines, field, trees, green, tan, etc..

Steps. Ledges State Park, Iowa. July 20, 2021.

Since I thought of pictures I’ve taken at different times in very different places, I chose to go with a variety of topics: fields, steps, tree line, roll, hay, and slide. The first three pictures were taken earlier this week as I was out exploring in central Iowa.

Tree Line beyond Wildflowers. Big Creek State Park, Iowa. July 21, 2021.

The round bale of hay in Cee’s challenge photo reminded me of large rolls of materials used to make mattresses.

Roll of Quilted Fabric for Side Edges of Mattresses. Brooklyn Bedding, Mesa, Arizona. May 2021.

When visiting family in May, my brother gave his wife and me a tour of the mattress company where he works. I was amazed at how much of the factory floor is set up for large scale quilting! I knew that the top, bottom and sides of every mattress are quilted, I just had never thought about how it was done.

Fabric Rolls for Top Layer of a Mattress. Brooklyn Bedding, Mesa, Arizona. May 2021.

I’ve share these last two pictures before but thought of them when I saw Cee’s picture.

Round Hay Bales. Neuman Ranch, Montana. August 2012.

See my original post with the theme of stack here.

Slide. Ankeny, Iowa. July 2019.

See my original post with more pictures of playground equipment here.

Photo Challenge: All Lined Up

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Iowa Fields in Spring.  Photo: TLClark.  5/30/19.

It just makes me smile to see rows and rows of corn in the field.  Looking one direction, the rows are clear.  Move around the field 90 degrees and the rows disappear.  This photo is proof that at least a few farmers in Iowa have been able to plant this spring – before or between rain storms.

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Branch of Honeysuckle.  Photo: TLClark. 5/30/19.

The honeysuckle blossoms were the brightest things on my walk Thursday morning.  Only when I stopped to take Another LQQK did I realize they grow in a row on a branch.

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Honeysuckle Blooms.  Photo: TLClark.  5/30/19.

Saw a post for an “All Lined Up” photo challenge, I couldn’t resist joining the fun with pictures that had yet to make it into a blog post!