a get together at my parents' house......

We got together to celebrate my upcoming birthday as well as my sister's birthday and also the upcoming Fourth of July holiday......

On the drive to their house we saw some magnificent clouds.....I had to snap a few of those....here is one from the front windshield......




Mom and dad have a lot of beautiful flowers in their backyard as well.....I saw NO butterflies yesterday but those little white ones that flitter around everyone's yards....

Sunset June 25, 2008........

these were taken driving home from my grandmother's house.....through my windshield.....yes......as I was driving..I KNOW I KNOW.....I am careful.....

anyway....the sky looked like it was on fire behind the clouds right above the tree line.....it was very odd looking but beautiful!










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Then the skies turned to this



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THEN as we drove into town the sky had turned to this with this very strange solid BLUISH wedge in the middle of these gorgeous orange sherbet colored clouds...







This was a delight for me to see as I drove home.....and I was surprised they still turned out so well as they were all shot through my dirty windshield and side window!

macro of a card my sister made for me.......

she makes the most amazing cards and crafts and she is a fantastic cook and photographer as well....you can check out her work and photos of things she does at her blog here:

AngieBeth

self explanatory......yeah.....I love old water towers too....

YES....I WAS VISITING THE CEMETERY AGAIN......

here's looking at you!

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sleepy........and no make up......

I love clouds...........the bigger and puffier the better!

secret garden......

right before a big storm moved in!

the sky has been quite hazy every night the last few nights....so it makes the sky look very odd. The other night driving home from my parents...a HUGE thunderstorm was moving into our area as we got closer...the sun got covered by the clouds very quickly and we got home right before it started to POUR......this is the sunset right before the last big thunderstorm cloud swallowed it up!

Monarch butterflies......

as well as the sun I also like the moon.......

I do NOT use a tripod.....I just stand outside and point my camera up.....and start snapping. Sometimes I use the flash and sometimes not.....it changes the color of the moon sometimes .......here are a few of my favorites that I have taken......from last year



JULY 2007



AUGUST 2007



SEPTEMBER 2007

a sunset I followed in April 2008.......

This is another sunset I snapped shots of again driving home....the first shot is snapped out my front windshield as I was driving....then I drove further down the road to a clear spot and actually parked the car for a change and snapped the rest as the sun went down out my car window!

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Here is one of my favs blown up.....the smaller shots do NOT do the photos justice however.....you really need to click on them to enlarge them full size..the colors are brilliant!

more peacocks.......

The front......




The back......




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gorgeous sunset last night......I took all these while driving......yeah I know.....not really smart....CLICK TO ENLARGE!!

I just roll the window down......and hold the camera up.....and click. I rarely even really look at what I am snapping..just try to make sure the sun is in view and my eyes on the road as I snap 3 photos in a row. It was spectacular last night......I left them uploaded on BLOGGER as is BUT CLICK ON THE SMALLER PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM and see them in their full beauty! THEY ARE INCREDIBLE SHOTS.......













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