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Up Close & Personal: Garden Series
This will be the last and final blog post on tumblr as I am graduating to the world of having my own spiffy website... SPIFFY I say!
This is the final installment of the Garden series which is dubbed Up Close & Personal.
For a refresher, It's a Bugs Life set can be seen here.
The Faces in the Garden set, can be seen here.
All these photos were taken at the San Diego Botanic Gardens.
(Image above... let's not let Romney take over the White House!!!)
Today I voted. I am thankful for those who put themselves on the line so I could vote today. So my voice will be “heard”, so my vote will count.
The days and weeks leading up to Election Day – I was under the assumption that I wasn’t going to be able to vote. Bummed… I was – but as Election Day neared (– okay, okay... the day before –) I did some Googling and found the solution to be able to proudly state today that “I voted”. Heck – I even got myself a fancy sticker.
I knew about the majority of the propositions – however with my previous assumptions on not being able to vote – I didn’t make my mind up officially on any one. After knowing that I could indeed vote – my wonderful and amazing husband ran down the pros and cons and the general gist of what each proposition meant. (We all know that there are some tricky words in these politic like things to construe a misleading) So with reading his AHH-MAZING breakdown and weighing my own opinions on each proposition – I was successfully able to cast my vote. Super stoked that I did, as I generally mail in my ballots each election – it was a fun change to actually go into the poll little box.
I came back to work afterwards, proudly wearing my ‘I Voted’ sticker on my work badge, and some co-workers would high 5, while a few were very let’s say --negative. I didn’t let that get me down; each individual is entitled to their own opinion. I rocked my vote, I used my voice (errr uh black marker), I exercised my right, and I am proud!
I voted... did you?
Faces in the Garden: Garden Series
The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
I walked around the garden set with intentions to photograph one thing.
Creative Beauty.
Okay, so maybe that’s two separate things, yet they go hand in hand.
I’ve been to this garden several times. Each time, has been a different point in my life, and each time – I’ve gotten something different out of each experience.
This time, the main feeling which I felt was gratitude. I walked around the gardens unhurried and content with the surroundings. I stopped and literally smelled the flowers. I sat down and stared out into oblivion. It was pleasant walking around on my own time, without a hurriedness and within my own thoughts.
A refresh on The Bugs Life can be seen (here). in case you wanna refresher on that post.
The Faces in the Garden remaining photos from this Garden Series can be seen on Flickr by clicking here.
It's a Bugs Life: Garden Series
It sure is hard trying to pin a bug down and take a photo of one.
I went on an expedition this morning- I tried to focus on bugs - but those sucker are fast.
I did manage to catch some by accident.
I caught this little guy, I named him Steffon - with a face-ful of pollen!
Other photos can be seen here: It's a Bugs Life
Mini-Vacation
We went on a mini-vacation - spent 2 days at Disneyland/California Adventure Park and then half a day at Downtown Disney.
Not much time (or energy) to go on a expedition.
But some goodies were found.
All photos taken with my iPhone using the Camera+ app.
Downtown Disney: LEGO Store
.::The Melted::.
I will not be doing a photo expedition this weekend unless I do a renegade shoot while in Anaheim for the kiddos birthday... doubted that I will manage the energy OR the time.. but you never know.
So in the interim - I didn't want to leave my "likers" hangin'. I decided to share my crafting for this week of a birthday present...
I'm an avid "pinner".
One day while browsing and pinning pins - I stumbled across some fun looking "artistic" expression. I'm sure theres others who've done a better job than I, but it sure was fun letting my crafty flag fly!
The project took longer to set up than it did to "create".
.::The Prep::.
.::The Glued::.
.::The Melted::.
.::The Final Result::.
I'm hoping the kiddo likes it. Fingers crossed!!!! I used colors that are currently in her bedroom to not clash too much... Also, it's a birthday present for her.
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Hiatus....
We are still in the midst of arranging our new place and therefore I haven't had the chance to get out into the "wild" and go on any photo expeditions this weekend.
I did manage to do the weekly photography for the rugrats soccer game! And have been spending most of my Sunday editting some real gems.
The game was at 2pm. All the little ones seemed to have missed their naps. The photo below showcases two little ones, one of which is ours... getting some attitude. Good times...
What should I capture next week?
Volunteering
I work for St. Vincent de Paul Village/Father Joe's Villages and every year we put on a Thanksgiving 5k.
This year, whilst discussing the holidays with one of my co-workers, she talked me into volunteering. So I looked at the options and while pouring in the the festive beer garden, yes - you read that right... Beer Garden... I saw on the list Photography and Boom - Sweep. Mine!
So... super awesome fun times. I thought that I would share the fun news! :)
Feel free to sign up for the 5K... it's happy fun! And there's a beer garden thats free for runners! Oh and there will be free complimentary breaky too.
....And then there was a Wedding Crasher
While googling (yes, that's where i sometimes get some of my 'inspiration') places in San Diego to visit, I stumbled across a website for Leo Carillo Ranch and I read up on who this character (no pun intended) was, and it was fascinating.
I decided that while I didn't have any set destinations in mind, and I wasn't wanting to head out to the very desert where it would be hotter than the armpit of San Diego, where we currently live. So I headed North. I ventured to Carlsbad., CA.
I set the destination address in my handy iPhone and started driving. When I got to the "area" that my iPhone was telling me to go, I looked around and noticed that I was in a blasted residential area.
Double-U-Tee-Eff Mate! So I re-routed myself and got there (15 minutes later)
I parked my car and thought to myself: "Gee there's a lot of cars here!" Little did I know, that while I had desired to go to the Ranch and photograph, not all the grounds would be accessible as there was a wedding. So, what did I do... yeah. I crashed it. (The ceremony only.) So while I wanted to get more photographs, I was c*ckblocked. The ceremony was simple and not too unique, there was a bunch of religious factors that I am glad the hubby and I created our ceremony ourselves. I stayed for the entire ceremony, I did some people watching and I tried not to stand out too much. I wasn't exactly dressed for a wedding, so I'm sure I did stand out some. I managed to be in a crowd photo (dang being in eye-shot of the photographer)... so now this couple will have an everlasting photo of their wedding crasher.
Anyways, back to the reason for this blog. I created an earlier post in regards to the peacocks which I spent some time with at the ranch... I took some photos of them, sadly - I did not see the mysterious White Peacock.
Enjoy, to see all photos from the Ranch, (none were taken of the wedding I attended, sorry): CLICK HERE!
I will be venturing back there, and this time I will call ahead of time so I can venture around the entire grounds.
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Utensils
I got slightly crafty (read - "bored") while waiting one evening for dinner to cook.
I decided that while waiting for the timer to count-down to zero, to bust out my camera and get slightly creative. A little abstract and a little still-life. None the less the forks are fighting over a single pea.
No peas were harmed during this shoot.
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS
Also, if you've looked over at the facebook page, you may recognize some of these in the spiffy banner. ;0)
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Happy Tuesday peeps!
PEACOCKS!!!
To escape the 100 plus degrees heat in the armpit of San Diego, I traveled up to Carlsbad to a beautiful location over the weekend and stumbled upon these beauties on the grounds that I was meandering around. (Blog post about that to come at a later time)
The peacocks were majestic and not shy in any sense. I was able to be face to beak, and capture their essence.
Additional Photos can be seen if you click on THIS!
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Fun good times
Blog highlighting peas'n forks coming soon
A peek into the family life....
I feel at times like I live inside a television show. I grew up watching those 'Leave it to Beaver' type shows where there's soccer moms, game nights, family dinners, etc....
So on that note every Saturday, the husband and myself have a soccer game for the little one.
The past few games, I have taken on the roll of the team photographer.
I captured this piece of magic at the end of yesterday's game between the husband and the kid.
It's moments like this...
Quite so.... <3