PICTURE POST!
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I've been so grateful for the fact that I'm able to go outdoors here so I've been dragging my husband hiking every weekend. I also take pictures of the most mundane things because I'm just so excited about being so close to nature. One of my favorite things is to just follow the trees up to the sky.
Fantastic new shots Officer!
So I finally went through the pictures I took on my Daughter's birthday. Let the flood begin!
Waiting for her Birthday cake.
Mommy presents the cake!
Not quite sure what to do with it.
She's got it figured out
I think the cat wants some too.
Mmmmmm. Toes.
Too much?
So I finally went through the pictures I took on my Daughter's birthday. Let the flood begin!
Waiting for her Birthday cake.
Mommy presents the cake!
Not quite sure what to do with it.
She's got it figured out
I think the cat wants some too.
Mmmmmm. Toes.
Too much?
My son Ian sound asleep at Costco.
Went on a trip to a local farm, Ian got to ride a pony and feed some animals.
Went on a trip to a local farm, Ian got to ride a pony and feed some animals.
Just got back from Los Angeles, here's a few choice shots:
Yet another adorable child. TBBSers make great tiny people!My son Ian sound asleep at Costco.
Went on a trip to a local farm, Ian got to ride a pony and feed some animals.
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Ties are awesome. Weddings are fun!
Just got back from my best friend's wedding, where I must have taken at least 600 photos.
Just got back from my best friend's wedding, where I must have taken at least 600 photos.
^ Looks like fun event to take part in! Were you best man?
This thing you call "CAKE", it is nectar from the gods, yes? Wondrous, gorgoues creation... I will eat each mealtime, yes. Bring bring, chop chop!
This thing you call "CAKE", it is nectar from the gods, yes? Wondrous, gorgoues creation... I will eat each mealtime, yes. Bring bring, chop chop!
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I was one of ten(!) groomsmen at both the Hindu ceremony and the Christian wedding. And it was a phenomenal, three-day marathon event but it was unlike any wedding or event I'd ever been to or taken part of. I couldn't be happier or more honored to have been part of it.
Two weddings in one - that's hardcore! 
Two weddings in one - that's hardcore!
It's fairly common for the weddings I attend, but it's a lot to organize!
A couple of shots from my camera phone of the smoke from the fire near Tehachapi:
From my car, stopped at the light...
And outside my house.
those are crazy. I've never been that close to a major fire. hope never to be.
Mmmmmm. Toes.
Too much?
Never enough!!!! those are all great - I really really love this one! They are so much fun when they're little. (they don't break your heart until they refuse to be seen in public with you between the ages of 10ish to 14ish. then for no apparent reason it's okay again. who knows why?)
Some more pics from my visits to Japan last year...
More deer window shopping at Mijajima:
A self portrait with the Otorii Gate in the background. The sea bed looks green because as the sea retreated at low tide, it left behind a lot of sea grass. This was later in the year than the other pics (late July vs. early May):
The Itsukushima Shrine. Miyajima was at one time a royal island, then a Buddhist enclave, now a historic landmark. The purpose of the Otorii Gate is to purify visitors to the island. They would have to sail their boats through the gate, symbolically moving from the perverse world to the pure world. Itsukushima is the shrine they would sail up to, going straight through the gate. At high tide it's a series of interconnecting piers, docks and shrines:
A beautiful lizard I saw at one of the shrines:
Even though I did not know them, I found the sight of these three young women relaxing in a shrine so beautiful, I had to take a discreet pic:
In the same shrine was this work of art, made entirely out of colored sand. It's about 3 meters in diameter:
The badger is a recurring theme. I LOL'd at this one:
You spin the prayer wheels on the left as you ascend to the shrine, they make a noise to ensure that your prayers are heard, or so I was told. The long-nosed guy is another recurring theme:
The baby buddhas were another recurring theme. People who have lost children will wash them, burn incense at them, and leave stuff behind:
This is me trying not to have a heat stroke, lol. Climbing the shady side of the mountain at 9am in May is a WHOLE lot easier than climbing the sunny side at 4pm in July. It was H.O.T. like I couldn't believe. And I'm from Florida. We didn't go all the way up this time.
We did pick a nice place to cool off before heading back down, though:
More deer window shopping at Mijajima:
A self portrait with the Otorii Gate in the background. The sea bed looks green because as the sea retreated at low tide, it left behind a lot of sea grass. This was later in the year than the other pics (late July vs. early May):
The Itsukushima Shrine. Miyajima was at one time a royal island, then a Buddhist enclave, now a historic landmark. The purpose of the Otorii Gate is to purify visitors to the island. They would have to sail their boats through the gate, symbolically moving from the perverse world to the pure world. Itsukushima is the shrine they would sail up to, going straight through the gate. At high tide it's a series of interconnecting piers, docks and shrines:
A beautiful lizard I saw at one of the shrines:
Even though I did not know them, I found the sight of these three young women relaxing in a shrine so beautiful, I had to take a discreet pic:
In the same shrine was this work of art, made entirely out of colored sand. It's about 3 meters in diameter:
The badger is a recurring theme. I LOL'd at this one:
You spin the prayer wheels on the left as you ascend to the shrine, they make a noise to ensure that your prayers are heard, or so I was told. The long-nosed guy is another recurring theme:
The baby buddhas were another recurring theme. People who have lost children will wash them, burn incense at them, and leave stuff behind:
This is me trying not to have a heat stroke, lol. Climbing the shady side of the mountain at 9am in May is a WHOLE lot easier than climbing the sunny side at 4pm in July. It was H.O.T. like I couldn't believe. And I'm from Florida. We didn't go all the way up this time.
We did pick a nice place to cool off before heading back down, though:
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