Tag: Heavens Sunshine
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The Perfect Pose
With dozens of butterflies of all varieties at the Butterfly House in the Texas Discovery Gardens, a lone butterfly took the perfect pose for this Macro Monday. You might be thinking, “What makes the perfect pose?” Well, I considered this a shot worth waiting for since the butterfly stopped within reach of my lens, away…
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Climb To the Summit
Don’t be fooled! The start of the trail to Diamond Head State Monument in Waikiki looks easy enough. The difficult part can be seen in the distance, the steep climb to the summit of the Diamond Head Crater. With slightly less than a mile climb up about 560 feet from the trailhead to the top of the…
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Colorful Wispiness
With spring around the corner, I am so looking forward to colorful wispiness in the garden. These yellow and red poppies were blooming in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Texas in spring of 2023. The botanic garden in Fort Worth is one of my favorite places to visit each year. Their flowers are beautiful, but another…
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Nature’s Warmth in Colors
Nature’s warmth in colors captured from a hodgepodge of hikes in NW Indiana. The two images on the left are from the Indiana Dunes National Park. At the top, captured from the overlook at the Great Marsh. Below that is a wildflower spotted at the Beverly Shores Trails. On the right is a view through a window…
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Darkness to Light
Morning person that I am, mornings are absolutely the best part of the day for me. Watching the sky go from darkness to light is a delight every time. Rogers Lakewood Park The first image above was captured yesterday at Rogers Lakewood Park in Valparaiso, Indiana. The lake still has a thin layer of ice but I…
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Winter Flowers
On another cool and cloudy morning, I decided to focus on capturing a couple of my indoor plants that are blooming winter flowers. Not sure how, but the Christmas cactus above has survived my brown thumb for four years. This year, it has been blooming for the longest period of time yet. It has had buds since…
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Captured Along the Way
There’s one huge benefit from taking a camera with me everywhere I go. Wonderful memories are brought back when looking through photographs captured along the way. In today’s coolness of a foggy day, I turned to the remembrance of warmth from the sunny trails of Arizona. Photography always succeeds in slowing me down to take in…
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Snowy Peacefulness
A morning with warmer temperatures and fog that quickly floated away, brought a sense of snowy peacefulness to the Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park. I enjoyed of wonderful morning of quietness with no other souls on the trail. “A snowflake is one of God’s most fragile creations, but look what they can do when…
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Next Big Swing
Wanting to get from here to there, a howler monkey considers its next big swing at the Phoenix Zoo. One of three howler monkeys at the zoo, this one seemed quite comfortable and relaxed on ropes high overhead. If you are ever in the Phoenix area, don’t miss the monkeys at the zoo. Just head toward the…
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Now what?
As expected, I woke up to a curvy and somewhat steep, sloping driveway covered with ice. That means that I am not able to start my day out on the trails. Now what? On mornings like this, I can easily feel crotchety, like this grumpy vulture that I met at the Phoenix Zoo. I quickly reminded myself that…
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Fluttering About
Attracted to the variety of colors and scents in the Margaret Elizabeth Jonsson Color Garden at the Dallas Arboretum and Gardens, butterflies were fluttering about from blossom to blossom. The butterflies added beauty and hues to what was already there. Above, a monarch butterfly stopped just long enough for me to click. Below, a bright orange, Gulf…
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Warmth of Sunshine
After a night of snowfall and cold temperatures, I felt a need for the warmth of sunshine. Three sunrises, three places, same feeling of warmth. First one was capture along the Great Marsh, Indiana Dunes National Park. The sun was bursting between the palm trees at the Wailea Beach Resort in Maui on the second image. Lastly, a…
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Three Sides of Curiosity
I spotted a Northern Mockingbird looking down at me at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. The mockingbird seemed just as interested in me as I was in it. It gave me some wonderful poses as if showing off it’s three sides of curiosity. The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is at the top of my list…
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Hidden Valley
While in Arizona last month, one morning I ventured off to the Hidden Valley via Mormon Trail in Phoenix. Having a limited amount of time on that day, I was not able to complete the entire four miles of trail. As much as I love to hike, documenting my steps through photography is a priority. For that…
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Unexpected Surprise
I was in for a surprise as I headed out to Lake Michigan this morning. At -4°F, there was snow on the beach and a bit of shelf ice. The unexpected surprise was seeing steam swirling up from the Lake Michigan waves. Apparently the vapor was formed from the really cold air coming across the water. This image…