4th best photo of 2006?

This is getting harder - every time I pick a photo now, I know others have to be eliminated. A few of you have submitted your nominees for my best photo of the year - thank you for taking the time to go through my archives - very generous of you! Interestingly, nobody agrees - there is maybe one picture all year that has gotten more than one vote. But Ruth's choices (the Ruth from "thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com" not the Ruth from "ruth-boofie.blogspot.com" - both are great blogs!) are almost identical to mine! But I'm still counting down to Number 1 on January 1, when the whole Daily Photo Community has chosen the best photo of 2006 as our common theme. I'm getting tired of looking at my pictures - can't wait to see what everyone else picked!

Anyway, I originally called this one "Fields of Gold" and reprinted the lyrics from the Sting song with it. It's a field I pass daily (Sharon-Millerton Road) but can only glimpse from the roadside as it's behind a screen of trees. But this day in June, I was out on a "photo expedition" with my daughter and we both agreed to pull over and get out to take some pictures here.