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We dyed Eggs for the Easter bunny to hide and the colors came out so pretty. We used Baby Girl’s fresh from the coop eggs which are mostly brown eggs. We had to leave the eggs in the dye longer but it was so worth it. Look at these colors! I love the red and green ones the best.

Instead of chocolates we took the kids cookies to paint. We found the kits at Costco and it was fun. Even the teenage Grand-daughters enjoyed painting their cookies. There was enough for me to do one so I painted along with a couple of the kids. They ate their cookies as soon as they finished painting them so I didn’t get a photo, unfortunately.

Later in the afternoon the youngest Grand-daughter taught me how to drive the little red Quad and after two loops I was zipping around the property having a blast. I can’t wait to ride it again. I plan to go down the harder roads on their property then!

*Me zipping by on the quad. Image courtesy of Baby Girl.*

Let’s go back to my camping trip and look up at the stars from Mono Lake.

” Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.”~ Henry Van Dyke

*Star Trails over Mono Lake, Tufas. 107 frames*

There was quite a bit of airline traffic that night as you see. I took out a couple of airline tracks that were red and distracting I thought.

I hope everyone had a great week-end, and you’re glad of life this week and always!

Nikon D81-|Nikkor 24-120mm| iPhone| PS CC 22.2.2

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Whatever Weds. Sunset Colors & Swirly Clouds

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022Posted in Landscapes, Mono Lake, Nature, Nikon, SunsetsTagged blue, Clouds, Landscapes, Mono Lake, Nikon, Orange, otherworldly, Pink, Reflections, Sunset Color, Swirly Clouds, Tufas, Whatever Wednesday52 Comments

I’m home from a long week-end of camping and photography with friends old and new. I’m still culling images, but here’s one from Mono Lake taken shortly after sunset. I was set up to shoot west but looking around I saw this cloud developing to the northeast so I turned my camera around and waited for this to unfold. This cloud formation and color were wonderful and a beautiful end to a fun day.

*Mono Lake, Clouds, and Tufas.* *Friday April, 8, 2022*

Nikon D810| 24-120mm@24mm| f/10| ISO 100| PS CC 23.2.2

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Whatever Weds. Aerial View

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022Posted in Aerial Views, Nikon, Travel PhotographyTagged Aerial Views, Clouds, Grand Canyon, Green, Helicopter tour, Mesa, Nikon, North Rim, red soil, sky, Whatever Wednesday61 Comments

Way back in 2016 a couple of good friends and I took a long week-end trip to Sedona, AZ and during that trip we went to the Grand Canyon and one of the things we did was taking a helicopter tour of the North Rim.

I was just telling someone recently that these images have been marinating on my hard-drive for a long, long time because I really didn’t like the images too much when I got home. My aerial photography “eye” needs a lot more practice. That got me thinking that I hadn’t even looked at these images in years so I dug into my archives to look at the images. With the passing of time I’m not as disappointed in them. Here’s one.

*Grand Canyon, North Rim, Aerial View via a Helicopter*

I’ll be working on more images from this trip so, you may see more in future posts.

I’ve been staying close to home these last two weeks because while visiting our Grandson’s we took them to the park and Littlest was afraid to go down the tube slide by himself so I went down with him. The second time we were going a bit fast so I tried to slow us down by putting my foot along the wall, but we didn’t slow down my body kept going something went crack and both my knee and ankle hurt. My knee is still tender and I haven’t made it as far as the mailbox and back yet. I may have to go see the doctor if this keeps up.

Did you happen to see the recent full moon? I did but, didn’t photograph it. I did go out to look at the moon close to its setting a couple of mornings later and made this image from my street.

I did go out for a little bit birding yesterday and saw some good birds. I’m still culling images, but will have a few to share in upcoming posts.

That’s all that’s new here. What’s going on with you? I do hope your week is going well!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 23.2.2

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Wordless Weds. Lift Off!

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022Posted in Event Photography, Events and Fairs, Nikon, Wordless WednesdayTagged Carson City NV, Clouds, Douglas County, Early Morning Lift Off, Events and Fairs, Hot Air Balloons, Lift Off, Nevada Days, Nikon D810, People, Slide Mountain49 Comments

Note: The little black spot to the left of the Hot Air Balloon right in front isn’t a bug it’s actually a person in a little motorized glider thingie. I bet their view was amazing!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 23.0.0

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Thursday Doors- The Pumphouse +1

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022Posted in Doors, Nikon, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged bush, creek, D810, door, Nikon, Oak Trees, Pumphouse, slow shutter, Thursday Doors, Trees, Wood Cabin36 Comments

I’ve been wanting to photograph this pumphouse for a year and finally did. It’s a cute structure I think and it only holds the well water pump and water softener unit.

Not too far below this pumphouse is a lovely creek that I hiked through the bush to get down to in order to photograph some of it. Here’s one image from that adventure.

I did a fairly good job of avoiding the wild blackberry thorns, and poison oak ones too, but still had to pick off some stickers when back up on the road. 😀

This is part of Thursday Doors which is run by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. Click on the link to head on over there to see all the other doors that have been shared this week.

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 23.0.0

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