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Photo of the Day: I Hope the First is the Last

On By LindyIn nature, photography

This is the first snowstorm in our new home. I was hoping it wouldn’t come until next winter; now I just hope it’s the last one until next winter. The funny thing is that we never owned a snow shovel at our apartment, and since all the hardware and garden stores are prepped for spring, no one has them for sale. We’re now proud owners of a “manure shovel,” which will hopefully work great for snow removal and never manure removal.

The beginnings of a late March snowstorm in Kansas City

Photo of the Day: Spring or Snow?

On By LindyIn nature, photography3 Comments

I won’t even express my opinion about yesterday’s snow and the eight more inches expected to pound Kansas City tomorrow. At the end of March. During Spring. Ok, maybe there was a little bit of opinion in that statement. But here’s a photo of beautiful spring daffodils … in the snow.

A vase of daffodils rests in the snow

Photo(s) of the Day: Ruby Falls

On By LindyIn night photography, photography, travel6 Comments

On our drive home from Atlanta to Kansas City, we stayed in Chattanooga, TN. I booked the hotel in advance knowing nothing about the town; we just needed a place to rest. When we arrived, we were greeted with tons of brochures about Ruby Falls, Lookout Mountain, and zip-lining/ropes courses. All of those sounded fun, but we decided to check out Ruby Falls since it opened the earliest and we had a 10-hour drive ahead of us.

The Ruby Falls tour consisted of a one-mile cave hike several hundred feet below ground. The stalactites and stalagmites were beautiful!
After hiking back to the falls through narrow corridors, the cave opened up into a huge room.
As everyone frantically snapped photos in our timed seven minutes at the falls, I stepped back and photographed the people for a sense of scale.
Ruby Falls drops 145 feet from the cave ceiling to an underground pond below.
The natural beauty of the cave (seen with artificial light).

 

Photo(s) of the Day: I Should’ve Been A Dolphin

On By LindyIn photography, travel6 Comments

I’ve always been a fan of marine life. If I didn’t grow up in the most land-locked state in the United States, I would have been a marine biologist. Last week we got to experience Georgia Aquarium, and we even had the rare opportunity to scuba dive with whale sharks, manta rays, grouper, and other fish. A little known fact: whale sharks are the world’s largest fish. They’re known as “gentle giants” because even though they are sharks, they eat krill just like whales. Here are a few photos from our day at the aquarium.

Do you have a favorite photo below?

This tank was 6.3 million gallons – making it the largest aquarium in the world.
Despite their 15-foot wingspan, these manta rays were very people-friendly. When we dove with them, they swooped down inches above us to get a taste of our air bubbles.
This cute sea otter was part of the Cold Water Quest exhibit at Georgia Aquarium.
These bright fish originate from lakes in Africa. I used to have a small fish tank with little blue tetras just like the blue specs in this photo.
Jellyfish may be dangerous, but I find them to be beautiful. As long as I’m not swimming with them, of course.
Another dangerous beauty.

Photo(s) of the Day: Vacation Reveal

On By LindyIn photography, travel2 Comments

For those of you who have been following my blog the last couple of days, you may or may not have guessed where we traveled. The answer….

Atlanta, Georgia!

Amazingly, I actually won an Atlanta Getaway through Passports With Purpose. They raised over $100,000 through the raffle to install water wells in Haiti (which is a passion of mine). I spent $40 on 4 raffle tickets, and I chose this one because I love scuba diving/marine life. I have no idea what my chances of winning were, but I do know they were very slim. I figured the $40 would be a nice Christmas donation. I had no idea I’d actually win. The prize package included:

  • A two-night stay at a suite in the Omni Hotel (thank you Omni for donating the prize package!)
  • Tickets to the Georgia Aquarium and diving with whale sharks (the only place in the world you’re guaranteed to swim with them!)
  • Tickets to the CNN World Headquarters Tour
  • Tickets to the Coca-Cola Factory
  • A $200 spa credit at the hotel

It didn’t take long for me to find available dates, book the trip, and enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime experience! Below are a few photos of Atlanta. More photos of the trip to come.

Downtown Atlanta, seen from Centennial Olympic Park
Outside CNN Center in Atlanta
The view from our suite inside the Omni Hotel at CNN Tower
Downtown Atlanta skyline at dusk
A representation of 100 years of the Olympic games in Centennial Olympic Park

Photo of the Day: Under the Sea

On By LindyIn photography, travel13 Comments

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! After an incredibly busy couple of weeks, I’m back to blogging. Three days after we moved in to our new house, my husband and I took a road trip. Can you guess where we went by the photo below?

We got to have an up close and personal encounter with these “gentle giants” a few days ago. I’ll explain more in the next post. Do you know what these magnificent creatures are?

Photo of the Day: My First Place

On By LindyIn photography6 Comments

After a very long week of packing, cleaning, painting, moving, and unpacking, we have officially moved into our first house. A big thank-you to all of our family who made the move go so quickly a smoothly.

My husband and I getting ready to open the door to our new home for the first time

Photo of the Day: MIA Alert

On By LindyIn photography8 Comments

You may have seen my post last week stating that we bought a house. This week, on top of working full time, we’ll be getting the house ready for move-in. Our big move is Saturday, then we’ve only got a couple of days to unpack before our next big adventure. (Any guesses on what that is?) My blog posts will be sporadic over the next couple of weeks, so please bear with me.

Until then, here is another shot from last week’s storm. Can you name the building in the background?

Tree branches remain covered after last week’s storm.