Putting Up Hay

Pat over at A View From The Edge started a new meme a few months ago for Things In A Row. I had told her I would join in and it has always slipped my mind to look for 'subjects.' On a recent drive Hubby and I came upon a recently mowed field of hay. From our viewpoint of the slanting land we could only see the middle third of the rows. Honestly the words 'crop circles' came into mind because you just couldn't see the whole thing and it looked rather strange not to see the whole row.

You can still see the rows in this shot even though they are the background blur. I really wanted to capture the tall grass left at the edges untouched by the farmer's blade.

The grass wasn't as defined as I wanted so I played around with adding a couple of different textures and blending modes and lighting to achieve the final result. Then I framed it and added a quote.

Posted for Things In A Row and Texture Thursday.

Texture, Texture, Texture

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This little wagon was the wagon that both my son and daughter played with when they were growing up. Both of them have children of their own now. The wagon is pretty old but you can see they took good care of it. Here it sits on the porch of our little garden shed filled with really big Easter eggs. Texture Thursday is hosted by Audrey at The Daily Wyatt. Link up your photos with added texture or texture naturally there. My photo this week has a little of both. There is lots of texture in the gray board siding of the shed as well as the wood plank flooring of the porch. The wagon is covered with the texture of peeling paint and rust that you can't see on the handle. I've added a Kim Klassen texture as well to my original photo and played around with different blending modes to achieve the look you see in the image. Hope you enjoy!

Posted for Texture Thursday, Theme Thursday, LEM Photo Challenge .