Queen of Hearts

My daughter handed me a "bouquet" of weeds this morning. At first, I admit, I was a little annoyed. Then I stopped and looked at them. When I looked down at her I knew why she had picked them... and I felt loved. There is no better feeling than that. <3

Random

Just some random shots from the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Heheh... December fools.

Hehehe... it snow?
Actually, it's part of my kids science projects. We grew crystals/snow. It was pretty cool actually, but my kids are not the patient types, so after a few days they were like "oh is that still there." Anyway, made for some interesting photos. :)

Just looking around

It's amazing the things you see just by looking around. I mean really looking. We took a trip to the zoo today and to the park earlier in the week and here are some of the more "unique" shots I took. Hope you like them.

Leaves

It's amazing what you can do these days... I have the same picture; the original and then two more, edited differently. I figured with Halloween just behind us I would take a more "spooky" approach. I hope you like them.

Fall trees

I cannot believe these did not make it up last year. Oh well better late than never. It is starting to look like fall here, but we usually don't see the traditional leaf change until mid to late November. These were taken in November of last year. I love the colors... so bright.

Wild weather

Ok so the desert has had some crazy weather over the last 24 hours. At our house we had rain (almost 2 inches), wind (lots), dark ominous clouds, light wispy clouds, pea/quarter/golfball sized hail and rainbows. We literally went from 100 degrees to all that over the span of 24 hours. When Autumn came, it did so with a bang.
Crazy! Here are some photos of the weather from our house.

Everday beauty

Just some interesting photos I snapped at the zoo, and thought I'd share.

Butterfly

This one was a matter of right time, right place. One of my new fav's. :)

Update

Sorry for the long time between postings. I have actually been with out a computer for the last several weeks. We finally got things back to normal and now I am playing catch up, as I had over 300 photos on my camera to go through. Here are some of the more random ones that I have gone through so far. Hope you like them. :)

Suns Rays

Not sure if I posted this one already... if I have I could not find it. Anyway hope you like it.

fireworks

OK not the greatest captures... but when you are running along after 3 kids you take what you can get.
Hope everyone had a great Independence day!!

At home

Here are some random shots from around my house. It is amazing how many things you see differently when you are looking through a camera. :)

Random

Here are some random shots of our summer so far. The first few were taken at the Arizona Sea Life Aquarium... I would highly recommend it. My kids loved it. (Added bonus is that you are in doors... when it's a 110 degrees out this is a must! LOL) We did manage to get to the zoo before it got to hot, but it may be awhile awhile now as the weather hot and only getting HOTTER as I sit here. Anyway hope you like them... Enjoy!