I realized this week that I can do two things I love simultaneously. One is taking photos of Maria, the animals, and the farm; the other is taking pictures of my flowers and using them as a frame.

Two for the price of one. Each is beautiful to me, and the two together are exceptional.

Some of my flowers are just getting tall enough to enter the photo of Maria talking to one of our donkeys. I love taking pictures of this in this different way, at least once in a while. The flowers make it lovelier, a new way to look at the farm and add color and light.

I’m going for some tall flowers this year; they complement one another. Here, the flowers and Maria’s studio.

Using flowers as a frame for my farm pictures is exciting, a way to fuse two things I love.