More From the Zoo...

A few more pics from our trip to the zoo...

It was a nice trip to make on a sunny winter day...

The kids got a nice winter day outside...


...and I had fun trying to take pictures of the baby giraffe...

...and the elephants getting a bath.

Faces at the Zoo...

Today I went to the small local zoo with my daughter and her family...

Sweet...

I bought the Strawberry Sorbet...

Our friends brought the cookies...

Made for each other...

XOXO...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Eve...

Last year's Valentine's Day card photos...

A heart was captured walking up the street...

...then up the steps...

..and welcomed in our home.

...no hearts were injured during the making of these photos...

The Greenhouse Effect...

A visit to a tropical greenhouse may be just what was needed mid-winter...

It not only looked lush and green, it also felt lush and green and smelled lush and green...

90% one Color...

Our assignment for photography class this week is to take some pictures that are at least 90% of one color...

It has surprized me how challenging I have found this...

These are just a few ideas I have tried...

I think most of my pics have more than 10% of another color...

I'm trying to think of a single color landscape...all we have is dirty snow right now...

Monday with the kids...

The grandchildren are my Monday inspiration...

The cat does not appreciate their visits...

...but I sure do.

Today they discovered a basket of Christmas lights waiting to be stored...

...just when the light was interesting...

Sunday Reflections...

The ice started melting in today's 50 degree weather...

...And mud season has started...

Late Bloomer...

I planted this amaryllis bulb in early December hoping to have a bloom by Christmas...

...at Christmas it was still completely dormant...

...after the New Year I nearly threw it out...

...I was sure it was a dud...

...in the middle of January it finally sent out a shoot with a bud...

...altho I have had prettier, more spectacular amaryllis...

...I have probably enjoyed this one the most...

...I certainly have had a lot of fun photographing its progress...

...it is just starting to fade now...