This past week, my husband and I took a road trip with another couple to North Carolina & South Carolina. We had an amazing trip! We just got back last night, so I obviously haven’t sorted through all my photos yet, but here are just a few of my favorites. As you can see, we had quite the mixture of activities throughout our trip.
Tag: flower
Project 52 Week 12: March Showers
As I edited this week’s photos, I noticed that I spent most of my time shooting flowers and trees. It rained for about 5 days straight this past week, but whenever it wasn’t pouring, it was hard not to notice all the beautiful blooming flowers and budding trees. Spring has definitely arrived! I chose this as my photo of the week because it isn’t the typical tulip or daffodil shot.
Day 263: Stop and smell the … vines?
It’s funny how when you stop to look, you can find something beautiful anywhere, even in an urban alleyway.
Day 189: The Little Flower That Could
Somehow this little flower managed to push up through the sidewalk in a completely random spot, just like George Strait’s song, “I Saw God Today.”
Saw a flower growing in the middle of the sidewalk,
pushing up through the concrete,
Like it was planted right there for me to see…
The flashing lights,
The honking horns,
All seem to fade away,
but in the shadow of the hospital,
at 5:08,
I saw God today.
Day 179: Emptiness
Here sit my empty flower pots on the patio, because last week when I went to a nearby nursery, they had just cleared out their summer flowers. I blame it on being gone for half the month of May, but it was probably just procrastination.
Day 132: Speaking of Plant It Pink …
I moved my flowers & herbs into bigger pots yesterday evening and placed them outside away from the cat. Hopefully they survive the sun better than the cat’s teeth!
Day 117: Temptation Strikes Again
I may not have to worry about temptation anymore now that Lent is over, but Esme sure does! We have three kinds of flowers in the house right now, and she’s constantly trying to eat them.
Canon 60d
1/125 sec., f/1.8, ISO 250
50 mm lens, natural light
Day 94: Looks can be deceiving
Two days ago I posted a photo of some pretty pink buds on a tree. Within 24 hours, those buds turned into this! Even though it looks like a beautiful spring day, it was really only 40 degrees outside yesterday.
Canon 60d
1/640 sec., f/8.0, ISO 200
18-200 mm lens (18 mm), natural light
Day 63: Letting go
February 17 would have been my aunt Jill’s 52nd birthday. She died of pancreatic cancer on July 3rd. In honor of her birthday, we served a meal at the hospice house where she stayed at the end of her life. It just so happened to be the same hospice house my grandpa passed away in two days prior to the meal. Because I was focusing on Grandpa, I didn’t get a chance to post anything about it. These are the flowers we displayed at the meal. They were once pretty and pink, but I think it’s finally time to discard them. Sometimes letting go of simple things is so hard. I miss Jill every day, so I can’t even imagine how hard it is for my cousins and my mom. At least we never have to let go of the memories.
1/20 sec., F2.8, ISO 200
55 mm wide-angle lens, no flash fired
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