San Francisco

A few standard tourist shots until I get a chance to load up some more! It's cold and foggy/rainy today, plus we were running around a lot today, so not as many pictures. Tomorrow promises to be a touristy (and rainy) day, it'll be fun to see what I can shoot pictures of.

Golden Gate Bridge taken from Vista Point north of the Bridge.

No lights on the bridge. boo.

But it made for a more dramatic view of the bridge architecture.

Looking at the Bay Bridge and the downtown S.F. skyline.

Another random set from the past few days....

A trip to San Francisco this weekend! Stay tuned!

Reflections

Art installation at the children's museum

Orange glow

and, because I like lights in the darkness

It can be cold in AZ

Two random pictures....

Everyone is complaining about the cold and snow all over the country...blah blah. We have our own winter troubles here in Phoenix. This is frosty grass, leaving work one morning. Can you believe my car window had frozen frost on it?? I had to sit in the parking lot for 10 minutes until the car got warm enough to melt it off. If that's not hardship, I don't know what is! :)

BRRRR, just the memory of that frigid morning made me cold, so here's a close up of some roses (yes, my roses are still blooming) in my warm house that had just been watered to get the aphids off of them. I would call it a dew drop, but I haven't seen any dew in Arizona. So a real rose, with a fake dew drop:

Hummingbird Park

Late post today. And brief...so very tired. Took some pictures this afternoon at our local park where they have a small hummingbird sanctuary. No hummingbirds in residence tonight, but pretty evening and waterfall shots.

Park entrance

A welcoming doorway. I enjoyed the beckoning view framed by the entryway

Waterfall

Side view of the waterfall.

In my sleep deprived eyes, this looks like a muppet

from the Dark Crystal or a lizard head.

Frozen waterfall droplets

Iconic Arizona sunsets

I worked last night and am going back again tonight, so I'm cheating a bit and pulling out some of my favorite sunset pictures taken on our way back from Flagstaff right before Christmas. I told you I wouldn't bore you with too many sunset pictures. yeah...um...I lied. I think sunsets are one of my favorite things. I could take pictures of them forever. :)

PS: Happy Birthday to little brother! I know he checks this blog at least ten times a day. :) Have a great day, Sam!

Fun with the Sun

The sun setting over the prayer garden at church while I was waiting for the kids to finish up their religious ed. classes. I thought the rays of light over a place of reflection was quite symbolic.

As I finished my second ascent up "A" Mountain in Tempe, I was lying on a bench catching my breath when I caught a glimpse of the early morning sun peaking through the mesquite trees at he top of the mountain.

Both pictures were taken with my 5mp Motorola Droid phone. The colors are definitely not as sharp as the Canon, but the phone is good for capturing must have pictures on-the-go and much easier to carry around!

Goodbye Christmas...

...until next year.

Normally, I wait until Epiphany (Jan 6) to take down the Christmas decorations, but I'm working this year on the 5th and 6th, and I think everything will be stale by next weekend. So I took advantage of today's 70 degree temps to open the windows, air out the house and take down the decorations.

So, a bit sad to see the season end; here is my homage to the christmas season.

Christmas lights, with a warm fuzzy feel

Star of Wonder

tree

Noel

Lazy pajama days playing Wii

Cards from friends. How lucky we are to have so many!

We'll miss you Christmas...can't wait until next year!