Sunshiney Day

Today is a BEAUTIFUL day - blue skies and sunshine. This flower made me smile as it glistened in the sunlight!

Cheekwood

Beautiful grounds and wildflower garden; I could totally live here! A wonderful mansion surrounded by 55 acres of beauty!

Framing the Shot

Cheekwood gardens in Nashville, TN.

Snow-cone anyone?

Not a snowballs chance that this flower could have survived the winter we had! Beautiful blooms this spring, thanks to the hard work of gardeners along with sunshine and a little bit of rain!

Industrial....

Take your best guess...

Crying Roses...

Even the Roses continue to mourn the loss of the great Elvis Presley... taken on a rainy day at Graceland in Memphis, TN.

Resting in Peace...

Elvis Presley family gravestones and memorials at Graceland.

Simple Reflections

I absolutely love this picture captured of my friend's little girl while at the Nashville Zoo. I don't normally post pictures of people, but this one seems so angellic, genuine, and peaceful. How often do we take time to reflect on ourselves to see what others see in us, and what images we are portraying thru our words and actions. Wouldn't we all like to see this image of ourselves when we take time to reflect on ourselves and others?

(Thanks K for being such a good little girl this weekend visiting Mia!)

Just hanging around!

Today I'm just hangin' out, just like this animal at the zoo! Except I'm not literally hanging from a tree...although some days I wish I could! :) Did u notice he's doing "thumbs up"? haha..it's a bit dark to see it very clear, photographer error.

Pretty Bird

Inside the Lorikeet experience at the Nashville zoo. Amazingly beautiful colors on these birds!

She's a Strange Bird...literally

Woah! Check out this bird! I've never seen such a thing. It was a very cool but bizarre sight! Looks like an ostrich, with massivly swollen feet, and beautiful colors with a stone crown on its head! I'm pretty sure they don't have these at just any zoo!

Meerkat Manor

Meerkat Manor at the Nashville Zoo. These little furry creatures crack me up! This one looks like he's doing a stand up version of thighmaster..and 1..and 2...and squeeze...and 3. Work it girl! haha!

"Polly want a cracker?"

Nashville Zoo with friends on a beautiful Saturday afternoon! Beautiful cobalt blue macaw parrots just chillin' enjoying the weather!

Another day gone...

Tiki torches light flames against the horizon during sunset on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

Paradise

It doesn't get any better than this! Black beach on Maui, Hawaii.

Endless Roads

This week is all about dreaming....driving down a long lost highway, hair in the wind, sunset on the horizon, no schedule or cares in mind. Taken in 2008 driving thru "somewhere" in Kansas.

Dreaming...

If life is all about choices, I would like to choose to be here today. I imagine feeling the warm sun on my skin, hearing the waves crash against the shore, reading a good book, and a cool drink sweating in my hand. ahhhh...paradise at its best. This was taken a year ago in Cannes, France on the French Riviera.

A beautiful sunny day!

I captured this photo of black eyed susans while living in Columbia, SC. It was actually a flower bed at the state capitol, but it appears to be a huge field of flowers! The power of photography! :) I love sunflower-type flowers, this picture always makes me smile inside!

A new perspective

Along the cracks in the sidewalk I found plants with flowers growing at random. A lesson I recently learned is to stay focused on the big picture in life. Sure, there will be "gaps" and rough times, but look beyond that to the row of flowers that abound, making up the landscape of a complete lifetime. Push thru the rough times (gaps) and soon enough you will come upon the next flower in life; a new perspective will allow you to see life as a row of flowers and not focus on all of the gaps along the way. :)

(Picture taken while attending IPI with Life Success Seminars)

Simple Moments

A pretty flowering bush off the beaten path- all alone, flowering for those who make an effort to notice. The speed walkers and joggers don't even glance, but for those interested in taking time to enjoy nature and look deeper, these are some of the beautiful moments that abound. Isn't that the same in some aspects of life? It takes "digging deeper" to find the true beauty rather than rushing thru the formalities of life.

Flower Life... it was all Yellow

"Look at the Stars..Look how they shine for you..and everything you do..yeah, they were all yellow" - Coldplay

A Closer Look

Tiptoe thru the Tulips....

Tulip time! :) Rows of spring flowers blooming with color in a nearby concrete world!

Spring is in the air.....and on the trees!

Beautiful spring colors fill the air in Centennial Park...

Pastel Sky

Easter boasts pastel colors, and the sunset sky fit the theme this year! Swirling clouds against a sky of bright colors in blue, red, orange, purple... looked like easter eggs in the heavens.

Happy Easter!

Piper the Bunny wishes everyone a very "Hoppy Easter" :) (thanks mom!)

"Everyday is a Winding Road"

A stroll thru the woods on a beautiful Saturday afternoon near Percy Priest Lake in Hermitage, TN. (Near Nashville)

Tree with a Twist!

This tree's survival rate probably looked grim at first, but has full grown in such a contorted manner. Super cool twists and turns, messes with your mind a bit!

April Fools...not just people!

Squirrels do the funniest things! This one found lunch in someone's picnic left-overs. Who's the one foolin' here?