Weekend Reflection: Happy Birthday!

This week was Birthday week. My youngest son and two of my grand daughter all celebrated birthdays this last week. Two of them were born on May 15th and one on May 14th. So in honor of them and all who were born this week, I give you these Birthday cupcake reflections.

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Color Contrast

I love playground equipment, because it is a great place to find wonderful color contrast as well as abstract lines.

Wordless Wednesday: Hair in the Grass?

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Macro Monday: Mistletoe or Holly?

As much as I love nature, plants and trees I am really not very knowledgeable when it comes to plants and trees. So you can imagine my delight when I came across this tree while on my walk the other day. 

I actually took a double take, because the leaves growing on the trunk of this tree just didn't seem to be the same as the ones on the trees branches.

Going in closer I realized I have found a growth of what appears to be mistletoe. So after a bit of research to learn more about mistletoe, I discovered some very interesting facts. Like that it is a parasite that can kill the host tree. But it can also be good for the environment. How very odd. 

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Have a wonderful week everyone!

Update: Pat brought to my attention that this looks more like Holly. See how much I know about plants. If someone with tree know how could clear this up for me I would be very appreciative. 

Scavenger Hunt Sunday:

This weeks prompts were both challenging and fun. I hope you enjoy viewing these as much as I did capturing them. So without further delay here are my submissions.

Sidewalk

You just never know what you may find while taking a walk in a quiet neighborhood.

In case you are wondering here is a shot of the full find.

Inspiring

What better to inspire than a bottle of glow in the dark bubbles. We were disappointed that the bubbles didn't really glow. However we still had a lot of fun, and were inspired by the glowing solution. I got a number of rather abstract shots like this one.

Time

When I was taking this shot I couldn't help but wonder how old this tree is and how much time it took to grow so magnificently. 

Close Up

My grandson and I spread a blanket in their backyard and laid on our stomachs to find this pretty little belly flower.

With Mirror

Here is another one of the inspired shots with the glow in the dark bubble solution. This time using a mirror to block the background and reflect more of the grass spattered with glow in the dark solution. This one is my favorite.

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Wishing all a very happy Mother's Day!

Weekend Reflection: Fences

Late last week while looking for shadow shots for Scavenger Hunt Sunday, I spotted this fence. I was drawn to the shadow cast by the fence posts on the lower cross beam. Then I noticed the reflections on the upper cross beam and decided to shoot for both shadow and reflection.

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Everyone have a fantastic weekend!

Exploring Norfolk, VA : Beautiful Homes 1

Driving down Hampton Blvd. the other day I decided to pull off onto a side street for a quick look at the old homes. I am very glad I did for I was able to take a short stroll down this lovely street. The first three shots are of the home that caught my eye, inspiring me to stop and look further.

So many beautiful homes. I am looking forward to exploring this area more.