We live in Whitman county.... and at first you may think there is nothing but rolling wheat fields....
...but our county is actually quite diverse...
...here is an example of some diversity.
This is the combined forks of the Palouse River. You can see the wheat fields on top, but in the gorge of the river there are steep basalt cliffs and Ponderosa pines, and scrubby brush. This is just one of the beautiful places in our county that I just happen to love.
And here is the sided bridge that we used for the backdrop to our family photos. When I was scouting out a place for photos, I thought of this place, however I didn't know who owned it. But if you live in a small community like we do, you know that somebody knows somebody who knows somebody.... and with one simple phone call to some friends of ours, we were able to find out the name of the owner. (And luckily for us they had a land line that was listed in the phone book... so many people just have cell phones these days... how do you ever find their phone number?) Anyhow, the lady on other end of the phone was so gracious and let us come on to her property to take our photos. Isn't it a beautiful place?
Here you can see that the bridge is sided, but not covered.... and the bridge is showing some signs of wear.
Every big windstorm we have takes off more of the siding...
...and ....close your eyes....
....here is what it looks like as you walk over the bridge...
(or as I ran from the camera to stand with my family while the camera did it's thing via timer)
Let's just say, I did not look down as I VERY carefully ran....
Randy kept a tight grip on some little ones...and I kept a tight grip on my gear ;)
Some boys dearly wanted to climb around and explore.... but good clothes and borrowed time would not allow.
And.... here is my man.... carrying one of our living room chairs....
...all the way across the bridge and down through the grass to where I wanted to set up the shoot.
All I can say is: what a MAN. ;)
(and he's MY man......)
Another angle...
(makes me tired just looking at this photo... or maybe that was a swoon ;)
Just a few more... and you're almost done....
...that's what I told the kids anyway...
...bribing with anything I could find in my bag, and promising supper at the local burger joint....
...they were really VERY good and I couldn't have been happier...
(I guess my kids are so used to having a camera in their face.... but they were exceptionally patient with me that day)
And just as we were leaving... the owner drove up...
and my boys, who have no shame, boldly asked to come back and going fishing...
...right here...
...they saw lots of "big ones" hiding out in the shadows under the bridge...
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