The S Family!

What a loving family . . . and it shows in this first shot . . .

love the hand holding and affection showed here!

SENIOR SHOOT

These beautiful girls knew just what to do--hard to believe they were NOT models. 

It made my job so easy!

And the lighting was gorgeous!

These I took in CA.

PATIENCE

It took me three days to finally capture something worth keeping. 
I had to manually focus this shot because the little guy was too quick in flight
and too small for my auto-focus system. 

I waited and waited, hung out near my mom's humming bird feeder, for the moment

and finally one flew not too far from me--about 5 ft. away.

Unfortunately, it wasn't one of those beautifully colored humming birds.

MACRO

I LOVE macro! 

 Those really close up shots have always been my favorite.  It's about detail, for me! 

The bees are not aggressive at all.  They are just busy being bees--collecting their nectar and pollen.  On some of the shots, you can see the specks of pollen all over their wings and bodies.

TULIP TOWN

I LOVE TULIPS FLOWERS! 

These were taken at the Tulip festival in Mount Vernon.  As a family, we try to go every April.  It was packed but worth the chaos!  Even my 6 year old is shaping up to be a fine photographer.  My kids all took turns with my old Pentax camera.  What a bright and colorful day!

My sister & Co.

When I was down in St. George, UT, I got the privilege of photographing my sister's family.

So fun! It was so good to see them! 
I absolutely love the the last photo of her three boys!

TOLO

I took some shots before a Tolo. These are great kids!

MEOW

This is sweet Danielle with her cat, back when fields were scattered with yellow bloom! I long for those days again!

MY NEW TEMPLATES

Some of these are older pictures, but I am just testing out some new templates I got. Hey look, they're all b&w! Must like 'em!

CHRISTMAS

These pictures and colors reminded me of Christmas.
During Grace's piano lesson, I wandered her teacher's yard. What fun--time with nature and my camera.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I'M 1 TODAY

Happy Birthday, one year old! What a cutie! More to come . . .

FURRY FACES

I am getting ready to enter another photo challenge. The topic is "Furry Faces". It can really be any type of animal, insect, bird, reptile or creeping thing. I took these all while we visited a little farm in Leavenworth, WA. Which one should I enter?