I have a photo bucket list. One of the things on that list was to photograph a field of Flax.
Yesterday Chance had to go out early so after he did his business we headed out. My other baby brother told me about a field up on the prairie.
Flax only blooms for part of the day.
I will wait a few days and go back again. There are new flowers everyday…until it is bloomed out and the seed heads are formed.
Flax fields are rare in this area. Of course there are different kinds of Flax…oilseed or linen seed. The oilseed type can be used to make a flour, as a cattle feed or pressed for their oil. The linen seed type can be used to make fiber that can be spun …it is called linen (The stalks are dried and pounded and the fibers spun.)
It has been 60 years since I first saw a Flax field south of Lake Park Minnesota late one Sunday morning on my way to Uncle Theron and Aunt Skip’s house. I have never forgotten what a beautiful sight it was.
Baby Buffalo and Lightning are still on my photo bucket list.
We have smoke in the air from the fires in Canada.
Yesterday I helped our daughter Jen take photos at a wedding. The Bride is a friend of Jens. Jen usually only does photos of babies and graduation photos…weddings are a bit more stressful, you only get one chance to capture the moments during a wedding.
I was photographer number 2 …the assistant. Having photographed several weddings with Jen before…we know that each of us sees things differently.
The ceremony took place on a hill near the Red Lake River. There was a bit of a breeze and it was partly sunny and 80 degrees. Guests were asked to bring their lawn chairs.
These Orchids surrounded huge Calla Lilies in the bridal bouquet.
The bride was beautiful. The ceremony was short and sweet and to the point, it was also very musical…with trombones, a flute and even a violin.
Thumbs up! Yes for sure… she was looking for her new husband to give her a ride back to the reception. They hosted the wedding guests at their new home just down the road from the site of the ceremony. Shortly after their arrival they donned aprons and served their guests a wedding meal.
Here is my best shot of the day…the flower girl.
Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time with the right light.
It was a fun day…the newlyweds presented their guests with butterflies to release.
Not sure what kind of butterfly…a Skipper of some sort maybe. It was fun to watch them fly away.
I wouldn’t want to be a wedding photographer…but I enjoyed being an assistant!
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ~ Eudora Welty
Years ago I purchased a photo storage system from Creative Memories. It hung around empty. One day last week Jen needed a photo of Maddie…well I made a complete mess out of the old photo storage box that you couldn’t squeeze one more photo into.
I had photos all over my desk…it was a mess.
It started raining here Thursday night and rained all day Friday. You guessed it.
It was a lovely trip down memory lane. I gave up on photo albums back in 1995 when everything went into storage and I was lucky to have a box to stick photos into. Just you try moving three times in four years…four times if you count the 15 months we lived in the camper. Let me tell you sizing down to a camper will make you think twice about what you really need.
Now the photos are sorted by person.
The old photo box that used to be stuffed to the gills has room for more photos.
The Christmas Photos/Greetings that I like to keep have their own box. I am thinking about putting these into page protectors and into a three ring binder.
I am not certain what my next step will be with the loose photos. Photo Albums…some of the old ones we have are a mess…some photos are stuck to pages forever…and some are falling out of their albums. That is a project for another day or three.
For now I am glad all the loose photos are together in one place. Next winter I think I will download some of the photos of the grandchildren and have them printed out at Wally World. I print out very few photos…perhaps it is time.
The other day we came home just as Josh was walking up to wait for the bus. I got out to take a photo of the bus. Usually their Mom is waiting at the bus stop..however there is something magical about kids seeing their Dad at the bus stop:)
