Solitude

Abandoned in the Field

Solitary barn in a fallow field. Spring is as late coming to central Iowa as it is to Wisconsin. No signs of greening in the fields, except for a little winter wheat. And this photo was taken 150 miles south of Madison.

Along Hwy 218,
north of Mount Pleasant, Iowa
March 29, 2008

This is Iowa

Autumn Iowa Fields

Autumn Iowa Fields © 2007

This is central Iowa, north of Iowa City.  This part of the state is mostly fields and farms, but there is a quality that gentles the mind in these particularly pastoral settings. Perhaps it is that there is no place for the eye to stop, so the mind just continues to travel endlessly and peacefully along.

Photographed from car on a trip heading “back home.” November 30, 2007

Sunday ~ Another Iowa Sky

Another Iowa Sky

Another Iowa Sunset © 2007

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
John Lubbock, English politician (1834-1913)

I couldn’t resist posting one more Iowa sunset, this one turning the sky a lovely shade of purple. Again taken from car moving too fast, thanks to a driver who wanted to get to Illinois before dark. (We didn’t make it in time so we may as well have stopped a few times.)

Iowa’s Beauty Captured at 85 MPH

Iowa’s Beauty

Iowa’s Beauty ©2007

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart” ~ Helen Keller, American author and activist (1880-1968)

This photograph was taken yesterday, November 30th, on a family trip from Wisconsin to Illinois, via Iowa and Missouri. Don’t ask! We follow the Mississippi River so our path is always a twisty affair. I was shooting with my new Olympus E 510. This photo was taken south of Iowa City in East-Central Iowa.

I hate to admit it, but I switched the settings to automatic and shot out of the car window while traveling 85 mph. The traffic was crazy, and we were being pushed by semi truck traffic, everyone in a big hurry to get nowhere, so we were changing lanes, and any attempt at photography was a challenge. I thought the colors were worth the required technique.

I had an even better set of shots, but we  were blocked by a semi just as I started clicking away! 🙂