Arizona Vacation - Day One

Vacations don't always have to be in the summer.  During spring break we left on a week long vacation to visit our relatives in Arizona.

I never know what to bring when it comes to packing so I always pack extra just in case :)

Driving through Southern California is not the prettiest drive.  I thought this sign was funny since it hardly ever rains in the desert

We drove through Joshua Tree National Park on our way to Arizona.  These Joshua Trees are definitely unique. 

My sister learned the hard way that it's best not to touch the Joshua Trees.  

I found this blooming Prickly Pear Cactus and couldn't resist taking a picture of this unique plant.

Joshua Tree National Park was unique and interesting in its own way, but it is not on my list of favorite National Parks.  

I will be posting more pictures from my family's vacation to Arizona over the next week.

Snow Day!

We have been in a drought for so long but this winter we have finally had 'a winter'. Today I woke up to five inches of fresh snow. I bundled up in my warm winter jacket and took my camera outside to take some pictures of the winter wonderland.

These poor blossoms were starting to get droopy underneath the weight of all the snow. I love the pretty shade of pink agianst of these blossoms.

We aren't to far away from St. Patrick's day and my backyard is full of clovers.  I could not find a four leaf clover, but I have found a flour leaf clover before.

I found this lovely flower that had just recently bloomed. The snow is all melting now but I'm thanking God for the rain and snow He keeps sending.  

Let's Try This Again

So, I have all but forgotten about this blog. But I cannot not bring myself to delete this blog, even though I never post anything. I have been busy with my other blog Uniquely His, but I am going to try (I'm really going to try hard this time) to get this blog going again.  

I just recently changed the background for this blog hoping that it will help encourage me to post more.

Anyway, spring is here, my favorite time of year. I love spring so much because of all the flowers. My favorite will always be the pink cherry tree(or plum tree, I'm not sure exactly what kind of tree they are) blossoms.  

Since spring has finally sprung and flowers are finally starting to bloom you can look forward many upcoming post's filled with beautiful pictures of flowers.  

I have also started doing a monthly photography challenge. Each day I am given a word or phrase and I have to capture it's essence in my photography.  I plan on posting some of these challenges as well on this bog.

I'm determined this time to keep posting to this blog.  I can't wait to share with you all my adventures in photography!    

I love Spring

Today was another beautiful spring day.  It was breezy but the sun was shining.  As soon as I stepped outside I realized that even through the sun was out it was not warm out.  Okay, it was in the 60's but I live in California, that's cold to me.  And the wind wasn't helping.

I found a few flowers in my backyard to take pictures of.  Here's a few of the many pictures I took.

 I know, this flower is not perfect but It was the most perfect one I could find.

 I was trying take a picture that could almost have a story to it

 I know this one is over exposed in the background, but I like it that way ;)

I've heard that these flowers are poisonous, but I also know that kids like to suck the nectar of these flowers.  I'm hoping I'm wrong about these flowers being poisonous.

I was soooooo happy to find one single tulip in our front yard.  I LOVE tulips. I check on this flower daily cause I love it so much. But the other day I checked on 'my' tulip and it had aphids all over it!!!!  My mom sprayed it but I don't think it will be around much longer :(

Spring Already

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. Grabbing my camera and my favorite lenses I went outside to take some pictures.  I wanted to take some pictures of the flowers in my backyard but it turned out most of the flowers in my backyard were already dying.  Spring here in California came fast and it looks like we are going to be having an early summer. Ugh, we really need rain, not warm clear blue sky days.

So as I was taking pictures of the few flowers I managed to find that were still alive I saw a lizard sunning himself on the ground.  He didn't mind becoming my next photography subject.  He stayed perfectly still and I was able to get some nice close ups of him.  He only ran away after I touched him with a stick while trying to get him to move so I could try to capture him in a different angle.  

Below are a few of my favorite captures from yesterday:

  This was the only flower I found that wasn't dying.  

This little guy was just waiting for his picture to be taken.   His poor tail though :(

An edited close up of my little lizard friend