Day 11 - Peace on Earth

A simple, yet powerful garden hanging from a friends yard.

Day 10 - Reflections

This was an idea my oldest Daughter had while we were out for a walk after it had rained. What a beautiful reflection in a puddle on the road!

Day 9 Playing in the dark

This is one of my favorite pictures. A couple of years ago, while camping with Church family I wanted to play around with my camera as the kids were twirling their glow sticks around late at night. I tried different settings and caught this shot.

Day 8 Rose Garden

You know, one thing I'm learning in this 365 day photo challenge is that we live in a very colorful, very beautiful world!

Todays picture was taken in Forest Grove, OR. My Husband and I stayed at McMenamins, which was once a Masonic Lodge. (If you ever have a chance, GO there, it's beautiful!) They have an awesome rose garden, I had too much fun with my camera that day!

Day 7 - Feeding Frenzy

I have an Oregano plant that I neglected to trim up before it went to bloom. Wow, I'm glad! There have been literally hundreds of butterflies feeding off the thousands of flowers on that plant. I think I need to get another plant so I can keep one trimmed up for harvesting and leave one to flower for the butterflies. It was amazing to watch!

Day 6 - Family fun!

Yesterday my Husband and I spent the day with our oldest Daughter and her family. We went to a place called Oaks Park in Portland, OR.  Here is our Grandson, anxiously awaiting the start of the Frog ride. It was a GREAT family day!

Day 5 Flowers in the sky

This year, for the first time in 10 years my Husband and I didn't have a commitment on the July 4th Holiday as in years past. We spent the weekend with our Daughter, Son-in-Law and Grandson. I love taking pictures of the fireworks. I'll take at least a hundred, hoping for ONE good one. This is one of my favorites!

Day 4 - Stormy Sunset

One of our more beautiful sunsets. Not much more I can say about it, sometimes photographs just speak for themselves.

Day 3 - Corvallis, Oregon

 I couldn't post one of these without posting both. I chaperoned a middle school trip to the campus of OSU last year and saw these trees all over the campus! I don't know what they are, but aren't they beautiful?

Day 2 Newport, Oregon

My Husband and I stayed in Newport, Oregon for our Anniversary a couple of years ago. It was the first time we'd been to the coast in the 10 years we've lived in Oregon! Ah, the sights and smells of the coast...

Day 1 - Arkansas Flowers

I love photography! This 365 day photo challenge will be good for me. It will force me to really watch my surroundings! I always have a camera at hand, whether it's my iPhone, iPad2 or my DSLR, so I have no excuse NOT to take pictures every day!
This picture was taken in 2007 during a family vacation to Arkansas. These beautiful flowers were covered with butterflies!