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.