giant marshmallows across the landscape...

My parents have a beautiful farm, especially beautiful on a sunny August day.  They have about 90 acres with about 30 acres which another farmer cuts for hay, a pond, river and creek and a ton of hills and trees.  It is quite dramatic and beautiful.

Except, at the moment, for the giant marshmallows.
The farmer has always made those cute hay rolls which sit out on the hillside looking picturesque.
This year he covered them in plastic, darnitall.... which is what the landscape painter or photographer or  city slicker like me would say:  the farmer would no doubt look at me like I was crazy :)



Me at the top of the meadow, these pretty butterflies are all over.


Looking down from the top of the meadow.


Bottom of the meadow looking up.


Their drive.


The Otselic River alongside the edge of the drive.


The trail alongside the river.


The pond makes a pretty, mossy, ferny stream where it comes out.


The southern edge of the pond, looking toward the house.


Norhern end of the pond, looking south....I spent the afternoon Saturday and WILL spend today floating in it on a big inner tube. LUCKY ME, eh?


I can't garden plants for sh!t...but I am a rock thief.  I make very succesful rock gardens.


Finally, a feather from, I think, a red tailed hawk, a 2 X 3 inch egg shell from maybe a great blue heron and..... yes, fall is coming.  Have a great Sunday!