Jumping right into our eye candy for the theme “My Backyard.”

And my own submission for this week.

And as always if you are the Winner for this week contact me via the Fan Page, Contact forms or the email in the info area of the Facebook fan page and I will send you an action set or preset collection of your choosing!

Let’s get Started!

Winner:

By: Debbie Hartley

Caption:
{21|52 My Backyard}

Lots of Eye Candy:

By: Renée Eaton

Caption:
My Backyard

Ok, so it’s not exactly our backyard, but it is the yard. My mom had a yard sale at our house and they decided it would be a good idea to set up their chairs and wave at cars. Then they started yelling “Stop and buy my Grandma’s stuff!”

By: Stephanie

Caption:
M4H Project 21/52 {My Backyard}

I’ve been searching for a location close to us like this for awhile now… I’m pretty sure we’ve just found our new “backyard” to play in! So many areas to explore now!

By: Muriel

Caption:
M4H Project 21/52 {My Backyard}

This afternoon my daughter wanted to play super hero and put together this costume – I was able to get a quick picture of her looking fierce! PS: she does not want me to reveal her real name, just call her “Water Girl!”

By: amy amy

Caption:
21/52 (my backyard)

By: Shelley Schuette

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Week 21-my backyard: no time to put on your swimsuit when you have jumping brothers to spray!

By: Kari Hicks

Caption:
P52 Backyard…I love to sit back and watch these two running through the backyard barefoot and carefree. All too soon my backyard will be empty but when I look at this photo I know I will hear their laughter and remember those long warm evenings.

By: Katie

Caption:
Week 21 Backyard

In our garden we are attempting to grow strawberries again this year. Last year we had some lovely ones only for them to be eaten by birds. The kids were so disappointed.

I love how the leaves on our strawberry plant holds water in the mornings I just had to sneak out there and take a few shots

By: Amanda Webster

Caption:
Crab Apple Blossoms

By: Sophie James

Caption:
This week our backyard was Centre Parcs in the Lake District. My nephew turned 10 which is a pretty big deal as he was born at 28 weeks and life has thrown a whole stack of struggles at him. He loves Penrith though and had a great birthday. It was awesome to be surrounded by nature. Especially Robins they’re my favourite!

By: Michelle Vinnacombe

Caption:
This has been my other backyard for the past 5 years. My full time job has an awesome view of the weather that comes through. This shot of lightning will be my last weather shot from this backyard due to the fact they decided to close that location down and I’ve been transferred to an optical inside a mall. It was very bittersweet to take a break from packing up the place to get one last storm shot. I will miss this place : (

By: Sara Dods

Caption:
I {heart} Camellias

M4H Week 21 My Backyard…

My son with a flower for mummy

By: azmataz25

Caption:
Week 21 {My Backyard}

After an unusually wet spring these little buggers popped up in my garden.

By: Stephanie DiFormato

Caption:
21/52 “My Backyard”

I decided to take advantage of this theme and break out my macro lens a little bit each day and then pick a favorite at the end of the week! It even inspired me to do a 30 day macro project.

I chose this photo because it has a bit of a funny story. I by no means have a green thumb, but every now and then I’ll get a “wild hair” and take on something I know nothing about. A few years back I decided I wanted to try my hand at growing plants from seeds. I went out and got all of the stuff and bought a few different packets of seeds. I started to grow them in mini green houses and then transferred them to my yard. The flower pictured is a cosmo. Not my favorite flower to be in a bed because they are a bit wild looking. They grow tall and messy, “weed-like” actually. Anyhow, now they’re everywhere. They pop up in the weirdest of places in my yard and every time I see them I’m reminded of my “green thumb” days and wonder what I’ll get into next :).

By: alice.e.che

Caption:
my backyard… or really, my company’s backyard!

By: Justine Bath

Caption:
21/52 Backyard

This theme was hard for me this week, on several levels. We literally don’t have a backyard, a front one…but not a back one! And to be quite honest, our yard is ugly. It is strewn with a dirty big trampoline, with its netting disintegrating, a DIY shed that houses a myriad of bikes, surf boards, junk and other ‘essential’ items just TOO important to throw away, a kayak, a vege garden, soccer balls and a dilapidated and never used cubby house. Certainly not a yard that would feature in a lifestyle magazine. Sigh, one day we will have a yard that looks picture perfect…. in the mean time I’ve added a bit of sun flare to try and distract you all from the overgrown lawn – which I swear my husband mowed this afternoon!

By: Anna Roze

Caption:
‘backyard’

m4h | p52 | w21

Yesterday I shot my first wedding and it was awesome! I’m very grateful that my friends risked and let me shot their special day. In this beautifully decorated {backyard} we celebrated and enjoyed the evening after the ceremony.

By: Vanadzinsh

Caption:
21/52 Backyard

By: La Dolce Vita Photography Barbados

Caption:

21/52 my backyard

By: Elizabeth Willson

Caption:
My backyard (21/52)

It astounds me that in this relatively small plot of land, these children discover wonder after wonder: an overturned rock with rolly polly bugs, a new sprout peeking its head through the dirt, and the sprinkles of hose water nourishing growth. Their excitement returns me to awe and thankfulness for this beauty-filled earth God created and blessed us with a tiny piece.

By: Little Sprout

Caption:
21/52 My Backyard

A macro shot of a hibiscus flower in my backyard.

By: jules1601

Caption:
P52 | Week 21 My Backyard

Living in Colorado, we have access to so many amazing places in our “backyard.” We had a blast at the Great Sand Dunes with some wonderful friends last weekend.

By: Cass Kiggins

Caption:
M4H Project 21/52 My Backyard

She is carefree and happy as can be playing amongst natures beauty!

I love this photo so much that I took a few weeks ago in our backyard! I just had to add it to my M4H Project 52 collection!

By: Charla Virkler

Caption:
“My backyard”

By: Billie Lee Koch

Caption:
21|52|my backyard
Lucky for this munchkin this park is right behind my backyard. We spend a lot of time here together having fun

By: Courtney Lindell

Caption:
Week 21/52
Trampoline fun.
This is probably my favorite theme yet, since a majority of my pictures are taken in our yard. I like to think some of her best memories are being made here.

By: Yasmina Cowan

Caption:
my backyard (my heart) Yasmina Cowan Photography

By: Amber Clontz Watson

Caption:
{my backyard}…literally.

By: Brea Bursch

Caption:
There is a small section of our backyard where my husband is forbidden to mow. It is the place I take my daughter for quick little photo shoots. Welcome to my secret, no mow spot!

By: Amy Martin Bernard

Caption:
My Backyard [technically front yard!].

Our little balancing act as we wait in the driveway for the bus to bring big brother home.

By: Tara Harknett Olson

Caption:

21/54 “My Backyard” Okay so this isn’t right outside my back door but it practically is. I live in the most beautiful part of the world (IMO) and am so blessed to live so close to the Canadian/USA border. I have the mountains, Ocean, Lakes and vast hiking trails at my disposal. I look at this and imagine going some place fantastic.. and I don’t even have to go far to get there… it’s all in my backyard!!

By: Jennifer Ritter

Caption:
Week 21 – My Backyard.

My backyard isn’t that appealing as far as landscape goes. It is open fields behind the yard itself, and the yard is just mostly limestone gravel to allow the farm machinery to get around and in and out of the barns. But, my daughter sure thinks the big tractors are something special! Here she is riding the toy tractor that was my husband’s when he was a child.

By: Johanna Oram

Caption:
Week 21 | My backyard. I love it that spring has finally sprung, the days are longer and I have this beautiful light back in my yard! The kids love being outside again, they helped me getting the garden ready and now its time to enjoy it!
Tags: Johanna Oram Photography

By: Lauren Durrence

Caption:
m4h 21:52 | my backyard

You don’t have to take a trip around the world or be on a beach in the Bahamas to find happiness and relaxation. You can find it in the little things, like having your own private pool right in your backyard.

By: Michelle Perkins Smith

Caption:
Week 21~My Backyard.

This tree gives us shade and a place to hang our birdfeeder and is oh so pretty. It also gives me crazy allergies but we love it so

By: Rachel Axelson

Caption:
21/52 “My Backyard” (take two)

I also wanted to share this one in addition to my other, this is also literally my backyard. I became a backyard bee keeper 3 weeks ago and I am having the best time with it. As a working mother, wife, do-er of lots, I really needed to do something for myself and this happened to be it It’s a self-portrait of sorts, I plopped the camera on the edge of a rock and had it continuously shoot while I went back over to work the hive.

By: Katie Fewell

Caption:
21/52: My Backyard

Confession: my backyard has been given over to the dogs. So our front yard is our “backyard”. It’s been HOT here lately, so we busted out the pool early.

By: Lisa Robinson-Howeler

Caption:
My Backyard | Lisa R. Howeler, Lifestyle Photographer. Actually this is my parent’s backyard at their pond, but growing up it was my also part of my backyard because it was my grandmother’s and across the woods and field from our house. Now it is my son’s weekend backyard, where grandpa takes him fishing and hiking and all of the things he did with me when I was growing up.

By: Hayley Hay

Caption:
M4H P52: My Backyard
We are so happy to have this fab space as our backyard…the boys have endless hours of fun out in the garden, on the trampoline and just generally exploring. On this particular afternoon this week we had a picnic in the wigwam with the toys and then this….lots of giggles coming from both of them! Lovely!

By: Cindy Cavanagh

Caption:
image421 photography

our backyard is the place where childhood adventure starts. It is the champion soccer field where games are won and lost . It is the famous art gallery where beautiful artwork is create. It is a florist shop selling sunflowers. It is a place to imagine and dream.

By: Maarit Maher

Caption:
Week 21 – My backyard

By; Christine McAuley

Caption:
Week 21 – “My Backyard”
This is our backyard on weekends. This is my daughter’s reaction after catching her first fish this year!!

By: Courtney Rust

Caption:
21:52 | Backyard

Dreaming over the garden fence…

By: Victoria Anne Hershman

Caption:
My backyard.

By: Brooke Hamilton

Caption:
my backyard-ish. we have a tiny backyard that looks like a cage…so most of our time is spent in the community pool these days. I am singing in my best Olaf voice “In Summer” while posting this…we are ready! |

By: Soraya Freed Rudofsky

Caption:
Week 21: My Backyard. Beauty in the eye of the beholder.

By: Jaye Murphy McLaughlin

Caption:
You know you are lucky little girls when your backyard overlooks Jamaica Bay and has a view of the NYC skyline.
Tags: The Life in Your Years Photography

By: Leora Sanford

Caption:
spring in my backyard.

By: Jamie Faulkner

Caption:
my backyard

By: Paige Wilks

Caption:
{my backyard} Paige Wilks Photography

By: Jenna Mace

Caption:
https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t1.0-9/10314037_10152390884025358_6547839901162639149_n.jpg

By: Emily Okamoto‎

Caption:
21:52 My Backyard
Today this was my backyard. I was driving with my niece from her home in Windsor, CO, to my home in Abq, NM. It’s a drive I make often, and I always love. Every single time I make this drive I am itching to jump out of the car and take some shots about every few miles, but I never have. Today we had so many obstacles making our drive longer than usual. I mentioned how I loved the scenery, and my niece encouraged me to pull over. We took a moment to get some shots, and it was so peaceful and beautiful. Almost immediately when we got back in the car we hit a storm that was crazy. I was hydroplaning and couldn’t see in front of me. Thankfully we made it through. Several other events made the drive one of the most significant ones I’ve made, and I’m so glad that I finally took the moment to document a small part of it.

By: Joanna Davis

Caption:
My Backyard
Joanna Davis Photography

My 5-year-old fish….most at home under the water.

By: Meagan Sullins

Caption:
My Backyard | Happenstance Photography

By: Carla Warnock

Caption:
My Backyard | Carla Mae Photography