It's been a while since I last posted, but that's certainly not indicative of my being a lazy bones in the act of creating. Yesterday Utah experienced something we've never seen in my lifetime, at least, not that I can recall. Freezing rain. Yes, I realize many of you back east are well acquainted with this, but it is not so common here.

One of the surprising things was the ice resting on top of some recent snowfall we had. As my husband and I were out and about last night we both noticed how beautiful the light was as it shone on the ice covered snow. I couldn't resist, grabbed my camera, and began exploring the neighborhood. Here are a few of the pics I took.

Fishin'

One of my all-time favorite places to go and take pictures is Silver Lake up by Brighton. While there I found this fisherman just enjoying the peaceful day and absolutely had to take a pic.

Dandelion Fluff

This probably seems like a weird thing to take a picture of, but the sight of this dandelion caught my eye and I couldn't refuse the chance to pick up my camera. It is even the current picture on my computer's wallpaper, where the light bring out details I hadn't even seen on the camera itself. I honestly believe this goes to show there is beauty in everything - even "weeds" :)

Surprise Pictures

I've been SUCH a slacker at this blog lately...forgive me??? I hope you will 'cause I have two surprise pictures to show you. I refer to them as a surprise because I had no idea my daughter had taken them.

Every once in a while M enjoys picking up the camera and taking various pictures of things like...her nose. As I downloaded new pics to the computer this time around two caught my attention, mostly because I had no memory of taking them. Each made me take a second look, however, something I deem to be a sign of a good picture.

This first one is of the new wind chime hanging out on the front porch. I think the sky and clouds as a background bring a depth to the picture one might not otherwise get.

This second one currently sits as the background picture on our computer. I think it's just plain beautiful!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures :) Hopefully it won't take so long to post something new!

How About a Few More Pictures

Are you thinking, "Hmm," with the first picture? :) I wouldn't blame you. I fell in love with it, though. It's the inside of one of my roses. Isn't the color fantastic?

Here's another one of my "favorite" roses while in full bloom.

I love LOVE LOVE my lilies, even if the color never looks as good in pictures as they do in person.


I caught a picture of this little guy on one of my rosebushes this morning.

A cluster of the Monet roses. Just beautiful!

I absolutely love the color of this rose!

What a way to end this presentation, right?

First Roses of Spring

It's Springtime, and in case you haven't figured it out before, I'm deeply in love with every brightly colored flower out there! Among my favorites are - as I've mentioned tons before - ROSES!!! I adore them. I have several planted in my yard, but hope to one day have even more.

I thought this morning I'd share with you the first few blooms to come out of my roses, followed by one that's not a rose, but still very pretty. I wanted to capture the last one before they all disappeared. These are only three of my roses, but you can hopefully see why they make me so very happy.

This was originally supposed to be a black rose, but I still love how rosy red it is. Out of all my rosebuses it always grows the biggest (which can make getting out of the car a little prickly, but we live with it!).

I received this one for mother's day a few years ago, and stands as my favorite. No matter how many pictures I take of these incredibly colorful blossoms, they never look as good as the real thing. From the time they first bloom until the last petal falls, the colors on this rose constantly change.

This is one of the first rosebushes I planted in our yard. Known as the Monet Rose, the blossoms are rarely big, but the soft color more than makes up for what it lacks in size.

This is my Bleeding Heart, one of the first things to bring color to my yard in the Spring. The pink is a little faded, but still such a beautiful sight to behold.

Monet Rose

I thought we could use a bit of color during the winter season. Well, winter for me here in Utah. I had a good time playing with my camera and taking pictures of some of my roses this summer. This is one of my favorites, and one of the first rosebushes I ever planted.