my world... one picture at a time...: 2012

September 26, 2012

Sky Watch Wednesday

The clouds looked really cool South of our house tonight so I got a few shots.

I'm not really happy about these Windmills...I really loved the unobstructed view but we'll never enjoy it again. So far there are 4 completed and 4 more in progress and who knows how many in total.

I've also added a couple from our recent camping trip. The first is for Rae, because she suggested the shot (looking North(ish) from the top of Long Canyon.

And finally...Jaycee and Gary...such good buddies...and wasn't it nice of Gary to give us the "Peace" sign (heeheehee)

September 23, 2012

Going Back In Time...

Way back in February, Rae and I went to Arizona for a week to visit Mom and Dad. Now that it's nearly time to go again...I'm ready to post a few pictures from that trip.

On the way down we visited the Hoover Dam and the Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

We had a lot of fun on the trip. We didn't see too many animals or birds, but I did get a few shots of this California Quail and this Turkey Vulture.

We also took a trip to Palm Canyon, where the only naturally growing Palm Trees in the State of Arizona grow. It was a bit of a hike but well worth it! (If you ever go, don't forget you need to be there around noon to have the best light on the trees.) Here are a few shots of that. The first is a shot of the Palm Trees, next a shot looking out across the Desert from the mouth of Palm Canyon.

We visited Quartzsite and the Hi Jolly Gravesite...Interesting Story...

And the London Bridge in Lake Havasu Arizona, where I got these shots of Mom and Dad and Rae on the "Telly"...

Enjoyed some beautiful sunsets...

Then on the way home, we visited the Valley of Fire in Nevada...Beautiful!!

September 21, 2012

I'm Baaaaaack...

Wow - it's been way too long and my only excuse is...I have no idea, laziness I guess. Maybe I need to do some things to update the Computer Room/Office/Guestroom so that it is more inviting...maybe I need to read less and watch TV less. It's not that I haven't been taking pictures, but I haven't been taking as many and I haven't been processing them at all. I now have a daunting task of looking at about 8 months worth of photos..Yikes...I'll go back over the next few days/weeks and post some of my favorites.

For now, I leave you with..."The Bull"

February 4, 2012

Another Beautiful Sunset

02.02.12
The sunset was amazing again tonight.
Here are two different shots of the sunset tonight. I really like the first one best...even though that reflection is in a puddle in my driveway...I think it looks really cool.

Hockey Shots

02.01.12
Here is a picture of poor Duel watching the game from the bench...too sick to play...that just about kills these boys.
Then a shot of Ben and Nathan taking a face off...I wonder why Nathan's skates don't match???

Sunset

01.30.12
The sunset's have been beautiful lately...this one is a little different, it is the view to the East, behind my house. We don't normally have a beautiful sunset in that direction but everything must have been just right tonight.

January 30, 2012

Reggie

01.28.12
Here's a shot of Reggie from our walk today.
Also, I haven't updated my blog for about 6 weeks, which is crazy, but I just haven't been feeling like sitting down at the computer every night. Since I let 6 weeks pass, when I sat down at the computer this weekend, I had just under 2,200 images on my card (mostly hockey games). Needless to say, I was completely overwhelmed! Many of the shots were mediocre at best so I decided to just post a few of my favorites and move on. Now that that is done - I'm planning on getting back to a picture a day.