Fryday Flowers

A beautiful flower to prepare us for the New Year. Hope yours is wondeful and filled with beauty.

Simplicity

In this hustle and bustle that has become the holiday season take a moment to appreciate that something very simple can be beautiful and take your breath away. Remember to stop and smell the roses (or poinsettas - just don't eat them!) HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Singapore

Sorry for no photo last week but I had to go to Singapore unexpectedly for work. I took my camera with me but unfortunately I was mainly in meetings in the business district so there was not much to take photos of. However I did get a few minutes to go to China Town where I saw this gorgeous building in my favorite color! I just had to share it with you.

You Never Know What You'll Find

While we were up in Oregon playing in the snow I came across some mushrooms on the ground. The color was beautiful and they were surrounded by fallen leaves and dried grass. Who would have thought that mushrooms could be so beautiful!

Snow Day

We are spending Thanksgiving in Oregon and today we went skiing at Mt. Bachelor. The snow was not great but the weather was amazing. I tried very hard to show the intense blue sky and the sparkle of the snow but the photos just don't live up to the beautiful reality. However, to give you an idea of what it looked like, here is a photo of Mt. Bachelor through the trees.

Hubbard Glacier

This summer we took a cruise to Alaska to celebrate my Mom's 70th birthday. We had a fabulous time and the scenery is just breath taking. One of the days we sailed in to the Hubbard Glacier. It is nothing short of awesome. The temperature on deck as we got closer to the Glacier got colder and colder. We were looking at a sheer wall of ice that was the most beautiful turquoise blue. Every now and again you would hear a cracking sound and a large piece would go crashing in to the ocean. The Glacier looked like a frozen mountain from the highest reaches of Antarctica yet to the sides of the glacier were green grassy hills! It was an amazing experience and I'm glad we got to see it. I find it very sad that our Glaciers are receding very quickly.

Can't Let Go

I'm finding it hard to let go of the flowers of summer. I realize it is now mid-November - truly in to Fall - but I find myself hunting for the flowers that remain. I found these beauties at the Stanford mall and had to park, jump out and start clicking away. I think the shoppers thought I was insane. I managed to escape before the men in the white jackets showed up!

Hello Mama

Last Sunday we got a behind the scenes tour of the San Francisco Zoo. It was a ton of fun and we saw some amazing sights. This is a mother Giraffe about to give birth any day. Her belly was so perfectly smooth and it's hard to imagine that a baby giraffe, with it's long neck and wobbly legs fits in that little belly. I wish we could go back and see her again once the baby is born.

Horsin' Around

For some reason I find it very hard to get a good photo of a horse. They are such beautiful animals but their beauty and sheer power are hard to capture on "film." This weekend my daughter had a horse show. All of a sudden all of the horses who were still in their stalls in the barn (in other words - they weren't participating in the show) stuck their heads out their windows and started making a ton of noise. It was as if they were saying, "why can't we join in the fun?" It was an awesome sight.

Time keeps on Slipping

Here it is only my third post and I'm already slipping behind! Sorry no Friday photo - here's a Sunday photo and we can just pretend we're in a time warp. This photo is from last December when we were fortunate enough to go to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico for New Year's. We had a wonderful time and of course I took a lot of photos. The ocean is just gorgeous there and there is no shortage of beautiful photos to be taken. I particularly like this one as it combines my love of flowers with my love of the ocean.

Right in Front of my Face

I have lived in my town for over 9 years now and only recently notice the tower of a local church. For many years I have driven by it unaware of its stunning beauty. Then one day I supposed the sun was shining just right and I noticed it. After that I couldn't miss it. Every day when I drove by I would marvel at how beautiful it was. Finally one day I pulled over and took some photos. It's funny actually. When you travel you are constantly visiting and photographing the churches of your destination but why is it that we often fail to notice the awe of the churches at home? I realize that most US churches are not as amazing as their European breathern but there are many amazing churches in the US and I'm am merely sharing the beauty of one of them with you today.

Welcome!

Welcome to Photo Fryday my new photo blog. I started in the blogoshpere a little over a year ago with my knitting blog and it has been a lot of fun and I have met many wonderful people. I also love photography and have been enjoying the opportunity to share my photos in combination with my knitting. But I find I have more photos than I can reasonably post on Res Ipsa and many of them don't relate to knitting at all. So please join me every Friday for a new photo on Photo Fryday. If this works out - maybe I'll see you on other days as well. Feel free to leave me comments as I love to hear from you.

This photo is of the trunk of my neighbor's redwood tree. I love the way the bark is so unique and there are so many different colors at play. I heard that redwood trees have to exist in groves as their roots are very short and so if there are several trees the roots intertwine and the trees support one another and remain stable. If there aren't other trees for them to connect with, a redwood tree is very much at danger of falling down. I think it is so amazing that these enormous beauties rely on one another for support.