the sunflower graveyard.....

the sunflowers of summer have been left to wither and wane. 

surprisingly, they still hold so much beauty. is it just me or do you love limp and fading flowers, too?

just like i did in a few other posts this month, i shot straight up and into the sun to capture these sunflowers...without looking into the viewfinder of my camera. this is a warning: don't ever shoot into the sun with your bare eyes, as it can cause damage. instead, hold your camera close to what you think is the right spot, let the camera do it's own focusing and then take lots of shots while moving your camera just a tiny bit after each click. then, don't look at your photos when you're done. instead, wait until you get home and when you pull your photos up on your computer, it's like unwrapping a gift. 

i love milk pods and the ones we found had seeds that hadn't left home yet. so we helped.

each time i photographed my hubby, the wind swept in perfectly and took the milk pod seeds up, up and away.

unfortunately, when he photographed me doing the same thing, the wind blew straight down forcing the seeds down towards the ground or sideways into my face.

so when i got tired of that, i ran around in the prairie grass, yelling "can you see me now?"

fall, you have been a gift. a gift i wasn't ready for, but one i learned to love. 

somehow every year, you find a way of sneaking into my heart.

now, if you only knew now how much you'll be missed.

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happy weekend and as always, some linky loving as my gift to all of you.

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so please enjoy this one and this beautiful one and this one is fun {even if i can't read it} and this one and this one, too....and now you know what i do with my free time.