December 26

This is the picture I got the night of December 26.  I went up to the Visitor's Center to listen to the Pacheco concert.  There was a very light snow falling at that time.

Mile 26

My favorite guy at mile 26 of the Marine Corp Marathon this past Sunday.  He didn't do quite as well as he wanted, but he still did good.  He missed his personal best by just three minutes.

Turning Colors

The leaves are starting to turn so pretty!  I had to take a moment yesterday and walk outside to see the beauty.

Red Leaves

There is one tree at work that has turned really RED.  It just popped out at me yesterday morning as I pulled into the parking lot.  I had to take my camera over and get a close up of the leaves.  I will try to get a picture of the whole tree this morning.  It is just beautiful in it's color!

Sunset

Driving home about a month ago, the sun was setting.

Temple at Night

Last Friday we worked late, the order came at 4 pm and Saturday is our busiest day.  When we came out, the lights were on and there was a pink cast to the sky.  The pink doesn't show up, but the stain glass on the Temple does.  Isn't it pretty?

Sunseting

This is the picture I took yesterday on my way home.  The sun was setting and I tried to get a picture of the Temple from the 495.  It is just magnificent from this direction.  Although, it is better when the sun isn't blinding you.

Sunset from Giant's Parking Lot

The other night the colors in the sky were so pretty, I couldn't pass up taking this picture.  I was just a hair late and the lot lights were on, but the sky is still pretty.

Temple at Sunset

I thought I would share one of the pictures I took of the Washington DC Temple during the month of July.  This was taken in the evening as the sun was setting and gave the Temple a pink cast.  I love looking at it and thought you might too.

Make it a great day.

African Violet

I bought this African Violet, because I liked the colors at the store.  Now it is in bloom at our house.  Great picture of the leaves, don't you think?

Rainy Day

Sunday was a dreary day, but oh to watch the rain fall.  I love the rain and watching how the drops hit a window or windsheild makes me very happy.  I was able to watch the whole storm Sunday and the rain on the window was great.

Spotted Dumb Cane

I have never seen what looks like a corn cob on my Dieffenbachia maculata before.  The fuzzy stem was there and now it is being enclosed into the leaf.  Jim says that because I haven't had it in a humid area before, but then we have been here for almost two years now.  Can you tell from the first photo to the second how the leaf is enclosing the "cob" more fully?

If anyone knows what this means, will you let me know?  Thanks.

Yes, I have a messy plant area especially around the begonias.

Make it a great day!

Caterpiller Found

These are two pictures taken only minutes apart.  I was trying out the flash and non-flash on this caterpillar.  The picture lighter in color is without the flash and the darker green picture is with the flash.

Jim was mowing and weed-eating the lawn when I got home today.  This little caterpillar was in the grass where he was going to weedwhack.  I moved him to the upstart tree.  In the picture with the flash, you can see all the caterpillar's little hairy parts.  This was taken with the macro lens.

Make it a great day!

Catherine's Begonia

In our house there are at least six different types of begonias.  They are my just about favorite house plant.  This begonia came from a start I got from Catherine about four years ago.  It bloomed once in Idaho Falls and has bloomed three times since coming to Virginia.  It must like the West facing window here better than the East facing window in IF.  It always facinates me to watch how this begonia grows. It almost looks like a jungle in this picture, doesn't it?

Colorful Greetings

These two plants are what I see as I leave the Distribution Center every night right now.  The purple, red, green and white just make me happy.  This was another picture taken with the macro lens, I think.  Just look at all the textures in this picture, at least I think there are textures there.  I really do need to learn all the names of the plants around the Temple.

Greens and Reds

This plant greets me everyday while walking into the Distribution Center, if I go in thru the outside enterance.  It also brings me lots of color as I leave for the day.  I think it is a Japanese maple, but I am not sure.  I really like the colors though.  This was taken with the Macro lens.  I am experimenting with the settings on my little Canon.

Make it a great day!

Storm Clouds and Peace

This has to be my favorite picture that I took on Friday evening.  The clouds were soooooo dark and the Temple so white.  You can even see all six spires, if you look hard enough. I was even able to get the picture with no cars in it and that was hard to do, because there were quite a few cars in the parking lot.

Make it a great day!

First Post

This blog is what I am going to use to post my favorite picture of the day.  I have enjoyed taking pictures and I like to share.  I don't know how good they are, but I like them.  I hope that you will like them also.

This picture was taken on Friday morning on my way into work.  The sun was shining brightly, glowing off the Temple spirers and the dogwood was so pretty in bloom.  All three combined to make a picture I really like. 

Make it a great day!!