4th of July!!!!

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine!

O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

-America, The Beautiful Lyrics
by Katharine Lee Bates - 1913

That song always causes goose bumps….I love it!

Happy Fourth of July everyone and remember what this day is really about…

Our nation’s Independence Day.

Harvest time….

I love harvest time!!!

As a child the first day of combining was anticipated like Christmas and appeared like an old friend at our door. Seeing the combine emerge out of the trees at the end of the lane was always met with screams of joy by me and my siblings. Watching impatiently as the combine was slowly inspected by the farmers and FINIANLLY started. Smoke, black diesel, stained the air. Crawling forwards in the field the combine would begin his huge task. The air filled with chaff and harvest season had officially began…

Cool damp mornings, warming as the sun rises.

Pumpkin pies, digging sweet potatoes, apple butter and leaf raking…ahhh I love this season!

This year I was home when the farmer began combining the field nearest to our house. I watched from the window, my enthusiasm has since decreased, comes with age I guess. The next morning I couldn’t help but snap a few pictures of the resting combine. making me late for work

I love this season so much that I went and bought an autumn scented candle for my office…so that I’m surrounded with this seasons’ smell even though I’m not at home.