The Greenhouse And The Chicken Coop

My neighbor Carol is the one who has a really nice garden with many different flowers and plants. I told her about Steemit but she doesn't even have a computer, nor does she want one. I asked for her permission to take photographs of her flowers and put them on my blog and she replied, "Sure, of course you can." Now you know where I go to take most of my flower photographs.

Carol doesn't have a car either, so when she needs to run errands, I take her when her family isn't available. Two weeks ago, she called and asked me to drive her to a couple of places and she told me to bring my camera. Well, I always have my camera with me because you never know what you might find.

After the errands, Carol said, "Just drive and I will tell you when to turn. I want to take you to a great place where you can take photographs." Of course I was more than willing and excited to see where she was taking me. After driving for over an hour, we ended up in the country and Carol finally said, "Slow down. You are about to turn at this next road." We drove up a narrow road and on the left side, there was a huge corn field. I stopped to take a quick photograph.

At the end of that road she said, "Turn left." Up the big hill we went. "Park over here," she said. I was so excited with what I saw and I couldn't get out of my car fast enough. Carol and I were rushing and both of our doors were open. I went to put one foot out and Carol yelled, "Whoa! Whoa! What are you trying to do...break my leg?" I forgot to put my car in park. Thank goodness there was nothing in front of me for my car to hit. The truth is; my car just coasted a little and we had a good laugh.

To the right of where we parked, stood a greenhouse. To the left, there was a small house. And right smack in the middle was a chicken coop! Once again, I immediately thought of @farmstead and @bchick. "OMG! Look at them! I have never seen chickens and roosters in person before. This is amazing! I have to get pictures of them!" I yelled. Carol was shocked that this was a first for me. She grew up on her grandparents farm until the age of seven and they had a lot of chickens. "Remember, I am a city girl," I reminded Carol.

She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the greenhouse. Carol said, "Hurry up! Start taking pictures of the flowers!" We were the only ones there and I said, "Where are all of the people? I am not going to take any photographs until I get permission." I said. Carol replied, "It is OK. I know the lady that owns this place and she will be here any minute. She saw us drive up. If she doesn't want you to take pictures, she will tell you to stop when she gets here. This is where I buy my flowers every year." The door to the greenhouse was wide open so I finally got the nerve to walk in.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw all of the different, gorgeous flowers. And who came to my mind next? That would be @tangmo. She loves flowers and her dream is to have a garden one day. I like to read how @tangmo describes her beautiful photographs of her flowers; like the innocence of a child. It makes me smile every time. I told @tangmo that I would love to put her in the middle of a huge field of flowers and just watch her expression. She would be so happy.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Image Source: 100% own work.