Arboretum: Dancers

There's a lot going on in my life right now and not a lot of time to process, so I decided to get away for an hour and visit the Arboretum. Nature has a way of calming me and being able to observe and photograph the tiny details with in it has a way of comforting me. So off I went, with my macro lens in hand and only about two hours left of sunlight.

The first type of flowers to catch my eye were these beautiful pink and yellow ones. They reminded me of ballerinas...ok maybe not the claw like things on top, but definitely the pink petals.

Warning: Salton Sea

The last time I was at the Salton Sea I was probably around six years old and all I can really remember from that visit is that it smelled weird. Since then I have seen some beautiful photography taken along its shores and since my husband and I pass it every time we visit his mother we decided that this trip we would make a stop and scout out some potential photography spots. Well, we ended up leaving our place a little later than planned (4:30am instead of 4am) and so I only had about 15 minutes to take some shots. Amazingly, that's all the time needed for me to get a little traumatized. Did you know that the shore line of the Salton Sea is covered with dead fish?! I sure didn't. And since we didn't have much time I jumped out of the car, camera in hand and ran out onto the beach. It wasn't until I had found an ok spot to shoot that I looked down (PTL I didn't kneel) on a pile of fish bones. I froze and looked around, they were everywhere!!!! The "sand" I was walking on also looked a bit weird, and a closer inspection showed me that there were plenty of bones crushed into the shell-ish mixture that made up the floor I was walking on. Shivers went down my spine as my husband looked on and laughed in amusement. I was able to get some quick shots and we were off. We may return again but next time I will probably be wearing some galoshes.

November 8th!

I am so excited to announce that two of my very dear friends, Seth and Emily, are expecting their first child! We had so much fun doing a quick announcement photo shoot. I am so happy for them, they are going to make wonderful parents and I can't wait to meet their little baby. Congratulations to the both of you! 

Oil and Water

Today I decided to grab my macro and head on over to my kitchen table to see if I could turn some of my house hold items into something interesting. I grabbed a clear glass bowl and threw some water, oil and food coloring together and here is the end result.