This last one is in honor of the childhood memory story. This wisteria bush isn't nearly as big as the one that covered the tree I talked about in that post, but it is still beautiful.
I realized today that I haven't posted a picture in a long time, so I wanted to fix that right away! I need to start carrying my camera everywhere again. I've missed some amazing sunsets these last few weeks. Anyway, I took this picture on a nature trail in Gulf Shores. The beach is about a mile from this spot, but the trail takes you right to it. There are so many amazing trails in this area - I don't think I'll ever manage to cover all of them! I'm going to try, though.
I realized I haven't posted a photo in awhile, so I wanted to post this one. This is, as the title suggests, one of my favorite places. I love to come here and just enjoy being outside, being around nature and breathing the fresh air. I love watching people here, writing here, and reading a good book here. This is one reason my heart will always be tied to this place.
Play that funky music, white boy! This photo is of some of my friends at a show. They were getting funky on the dance floor! It was a fun night, which I'm sure you can tell!
I know I didn't actually take this picture, but it was taken with my camera. I hope that counts! This was taken at DragonCon last year. We were walking from one session to another and there he was! Totally fake, of course, but still pretty fun! We took each other's pictures and laughed about it. Everyone who passed did the same thing. It's a great memory from the convention.
I thought this was a very sweet moment. My little niece walking with her big brother and her grandpa. It was one of the many nature walks we take my sister's children on, and you can tell by this picture that this little girl is the princess of the family. Being the only girl, you would expect that, wouldn't you?
My beautiful nephew Noah making his favorite thing: a cherry jello cake. His dad is a chef and I'm pretty sure he inherited the talent, or at least the love of cooking from him. Doesn't he look like he's enjoying himself?!
I chose this picture for the theme "Childhood" because it represents the pure joy that children find in everything. I snapped this picture several years ago as my mother and my nephew ran into the waves on a bright summer day. Even in adulthood my mother still has the ability to have a childlike joy in everything. It's something she and I have in common, and it's something I hope we will both always have.
These pictures are of my parents engaging in what has become a new family hobby: geocaching! Just after the second picture was taken, my dad found the cache hidden behind a metal pole. I had already seen it, but was pretending I hadn't so that my mom could find it. Alas, she still didn't, because my dad beat her to the punch! Oh well...
If you want to learn more about geocaching, go to www.geocaching.com and read their beginner's guide. It's a great way to get out into nature and a fun way to spend time with family and/or friends!
These are my photos for today's theme, taken last Saturday at Bellingrath Gardens in Mobile, Alabama. I thought I'd go with a whimsical one (the frog) and then one with an unusual perspective. I almost fell in when I tried to take the second picture. It was quite an adventure!
An empty path may be lonely, but the journey along it can still be beautiful.
What is softer than a sweet baby? This is my youngest nephew, Kohl. He's 3 years old now, and is just as cuddly as he was when this picture was taken!
For the theme Technology, I chose to photograph my favorite technological devices. My computer (with the Photo Hunters site on the screen, lol) the remotes for my TV, VCR and DVD player, my iPod (which I can't live without) my cell phone, my pocket computer, and my digital camera. You can also see some of my computer games (including The Sims 2) if you look closely. Don't look too closely, though, because you can see a little dust on top of the computer game holder.. lol..
For the theme "Memory," I took a picture of a page in the scrapbook I'm making. These pictures are my parents through the years. It is just one of the pages in the book, but for me it is one of the most significant pages.
I've decided to do this thing called Photo Hunters, where they post a theme every week and you post a picture that goes with that theme. For details, go here: Photo Hunters.
