A few shots of The Kid using a beautiful sky as a backdrop. I would have liked to have more of his body in the photos, but houses were in the way, and we didn’t have a tall enough thing for him to stand on. (As it was, he was on a step stool and … Read more
I love the potted plants at Trader Joe’s! Why more than many other places? I don’t know. Maybe it’s simply because I go there nearly weekly and the plants are right there as I walk in. If you handed me a 20 every time I went and told me to spend it on plants, I … Read more
I helped trim the rose garden at Mesa Community College yesterday. I didn’t know we could bring a container to bring the roses home, but I did bring a couple. And The Kid was enjoying the back yard. It’s been lovely here in the afternoons, finally.
The Kid was invited to a birthday party at a park yesterday. I took the Nikon and wandered off for a little while to snap some photos. Not the best framing for this next one—it was the best I could do with what I had—but I had to capture the colors. After dinner, The Climbing … Read more
My last photography post of the year! I haven’t used the Nikon this week — as you might relate, it’s been a busy week. Most of what we’ve been doing has been inside or outside at night, and it’s been more important to me to have decent photos than to practice with the flash and … Read more
Today’s photos are from a walk at South Mountain. While I enjoy the dried out plants, I’m looking forward to later in the winter/early spring when everything comes alive. Also, I love cactus skeletons.
The only photos I have taken since our trip to Sedona have been of The Kid, both at taekwondo-related events. First, he had a tournament, then he had his first sparring class in gear. Since I wasn’t participating in either (I feel no need to compete nor to get kicked!), I took the opportunities to … Read more
The day after Thanksgiving, we woke up to snowfall. I haven’t been in snowfall in a really long time. And since we were in a hotel, had nothing to shovel, had food in walking distance and nowhere else to be, it was lovely. View from our room, once the fog started to clear a little: … Read more
The Climbing Daddy and I were lucky enough to get out of town for a couple of nights this weekend. We went up to Sedona, a town about two hours north of here. Sedona’s claim to fame is gorgeous red rock. A storm was passing through, and we didn’t expect to be able to do … Read more
Gardening in Arizona—or at least in the low desert part of Arizona—is weird. Still. These photos are from our back yard garden. This has been in since the spring. A few eggplant came to be ripe while we were out of town over the summer, and since then, we’ve had nothing. My general policy is … Read more