Newish plants

...so the power was out again! 2nd time in two weeks, which makes me one unhappy girl. Instead of smashing everything in site or crying, I decided to take a few practice shots with my 50 mm lens. I still need a ton of practice, because I just don't really get how it works. Also, keep in mind it was 8 pm...so no natural light.

Here you go:

Chihuly in Nashville, TNa

A few photos from my 4th of July trip to Nashville. One of my favorite parts was the Chihuly exhibit at the Botanical gardens.

Nashville vacation in photos

Here are a few of my favorite photos from my trip to Nashville:

clouds: the view from the plane

practicing my depth of field technique

taking advantage of my new Tamron 18-270 mm lens

lion man?

blue sky

Tennessee flags

steps to the Capital

more steps

Belmont Mansion

blue bird

Pantheon

my new cowboy boots!!!

Nashville Roses

Wow, looks like I pretty much have abandoned this blog. Sorry!

Here is a post for all of you who like flowers. I went to visit Kenny for 4th of July in Nashville and snapped these photographs of roses. Enjoy.

A book for B

My friend Cindy has a little boy who turned 1 in May. She asked me if I'd like to make him a book. I said YES. Here is the result. My friend Laura helped me, so she's the official editor :)

Happy birthday, Mom!!!

{My mom's bday is not till June 2nd, but she just opened my present, so I feel like I can post it :) }

My mom is really hard to shop for. I really very rarely know what she'd like. But this year, I lucked out. She's mentioned several times that she'd like earrings with red stones. That's something I could do!!!

I love making jewelry, and so I decided to make my mom a set of red earrings and necklace. I bought a strand of red coral at Beadazzled in Dupont Circle and set out to work. So that I would not waste my time, I decided to call my mom, tell her what I was up to and ask for her approval on the design. With the design approved, I was ready to go.

The result is below:

Pink & Yellow Flowers

I absolutely love having flowers in my apartment. Check out my newest bouquet:

New flowers from me to me

Photo Safari at Adams Morgan

I took a photo safari class today. The weather was hot and humid, but I think I got a few good shots. Here are some of my favorites. Check out the rest here.

Which one do you like the most?