Fireworks

This isn't part of my daily blog, but I wanted to post some photos I was experimenting with the Fourth of July Fireworks. I get weekly photo tips from Picture Perfect School of Photography and they had one for fireworks that I thought was interesting.  You can read more about it here.  But it's basically …

Day 188 – Wildflowers

The heat that has been plaguing the east coast and midwest is heading to the west coast.  After some very nice, temperate summer days, the heat is building.  The sunny weather has brought out some of the wildflowers I seeded earlier this spring.  Most are still pretty  small, but a couple of them have bloomed. …

Day 182 – Purple Rain

We had a short, heavy downpour this afternoon after which the sun came out shining brightly.  I thought it was the perfect opportunity to go out and capture some water drops on some of the flowers.  It's amazing how quickly things dry out once it stops raining.  I was able to get a few photos …