There's No Place Like Home

SkylarSeptember 16, 2015

It wasn’t until I moved away to college that I realized, how dear the place that I was born and raised is to me. My home also serves as my photography muse. I know I can always go home and find beauty in something to photograph. Today I’m joining Kiki from In Its Time for the circle link-up with September being the month for “there’s no place like home”. 
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As you will see in the pictures, my Dad is in a LOT of my pictures. My Dad is a farmer. He’s been a farmer since the day he was born. It’s something that has been passed on for generations. So I’ve been raised on my family’s farm my entire life. Every summer my job has been working for my Dad on our farm. Like I said earlier my home is a huge inspiration for my photography, so I love taking my camera out when I’m out with my Dad. 
The next few photos are from around the time of wheat harvest. This year was one of the best years we’ve had since I graduated high school.
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The wheat my Dad is checking out below was “chopped” for a nearby dairy that will use it for feed for their cows. 
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This summer we had a lot of rain. It kept the pastures green and the roads muddy. We didn’t complain about it!
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In the picture above my dad is checking out a field of milo that he had just planted. In the picture below my Dad climbed up to the top of the sprinkler in the corn fix something.
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I could get real poetic about each and every one of these pictures if I had the time, but instead I’ll just say that I hope you enjoyed them. If you have any questions about them please let me know. I always love my time at home and especially love getting to break my camera out to take pictures of a place that is special to me.
No questions today. Have a great evening!


Comments (17)

  • Emilie Burke (@burkedoes)

    September 16, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    This pictures came out stunning! Wow!

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:52 pm

      Thanks girl!

  • Rafe Schroder

    September 16, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    I have enjoyed reading your blog. It’s good to know there are other kids in our generation that are as passionate about Ag. I love farming and ranching and it’s my life. I went and got a college degree as well, but our family farm is where my heart is and is where it will remain. Keep up the positive agriculture publicity you are putting out. We need more people like you.

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:52 pm

      Thanks for reading Rafe and commenting! I’ll definitely try to keep the good ag publicity coming!

  • Diana @ Life in German.

    September 17, 2015 at 4:46 am

    Lovely pictures! My dad was working at a ranch a while back and I would always help him with ordering the silo bags. (probably a random comment, but I thought it fit, hehe)

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:51 pm

      Thanks girl! And yes of course you’re comment is fitting! So thanks for leaving it!

  • Lindsey

    September 17, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    These pictures are beautiful! I think I would like farm life. 🙂

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:50 pm

      Thanks Lindsey! I bet you would enjoy the open spaces!

  • victoria

    September 17, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    wow,love your home!!
    stunning photos.too!

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:50 pm

      Thank you! I’m a fan of my home too!

  • Mamacita

    September 18, 2015 at 11:17 am

    Treasure those incredible pictures of your dad. Time flies so fast. See you soon!

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:50 pm

      Glad you enjoyed them! Can’t wait to see you soon!

  • Julie Hood

    September 18, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    i LOVE all of your pictures. i’m so used to rows and rows of houses, not wheat, so these images are so so impressive! and i love that your dad is included in them. 🙂 (also, how did i miss the circle linkup for sept.?! i need to get on my link up post!) haha

    1. Skylar

      September 18, 2015 at 8:49 pm

      I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures! Yes, I definitely love wide open spaces sometimes!

  • Kiki

    September 19, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    Skylar, your family’s farm is BEAUTIFUL (so much so I want to see the fields in person!). I’ve always loved the feeling of farms and how close-knit and family-ish (for lack of a better word) they are. I haven’t really been to one, but I just love the feeling they give off. 🙂
    Thanks for linking up! Your photos are gorgeous!

  • Beka

    September 20, 2015 at 1:14 am

    Such pretty pictures! you do a great job of capturing all of that and it makes me excited to go back home where there are wide open spaces.
    Your profile picture & bio is fun! My Dad is from NM, I love taking pictures, I blog and before Myanmar I used to do a lot of crossfit. It’s fun to find people in blog land who do lots of the same things.
    I’m glad you linked up. It was fun to see your pictures.

  • Leelee

    September 25, 2015 at 8:12 pm

    These photos are stunning.

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