Camping at Green Mountain Park on Memorial Weekend

I’m glad I made a reservation early for camping at Green Mountain Park on Memorial Weekend because the place was packed this weekend. We didn’t get to camp near the creek this time, which gave us the opportunity to camp in different sections of the campground.

They had a spot open when we checked in and it was on the hill. We traded our camper for an RV recently and it is a lot nicer than our old one.

The RV has one slide out, which makes it more roomy.

I like this section of the park, I think it has a better view from up here.

My GI Joe sister came to visit on Sunday and she made Tum Mak Houng (Spicy papaya salad) for lunch.

My sister Bee also came up to visit.

This beats backyard camping.

Bo likes the RV much better since he didn’t have to do the hookup and a lot easier to park.

It’s nice to be able to spend time outdoor, most campers have golf carts to ride around but we walked everywhere and it’s a great exercise.

We spotted a huge dead fish by the rock, I didn’t think they have one this big up here.

The American rhododendrons are in bloom along the foot of the mountain near the creek.

My dad and Lee by the lily pond.

The frogs are huge, and the tadpoles look like fish with legs.

We spotted a black and a brown snakes by the lily pond.

The swimming pools are open and the sign in the background read ‘Warning No Lifeguard on Duty’.

The 3 day weekend was too short, but I’m not complaining.

Photos were taken with Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, and EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens.

Golden Hour

I went out to feed my fish this morning, the garden looks so peaceful in the early morning hour.  I didn’t have time to take picture, but couldn’t resist and here are a few snap shots of my garden this morning.

Snow peas

Beans

Sunflowers

Sweet Basil

Gardenia

All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.

Assignment 19: Blue Hour

This is my contribution to Scott’s Assignment 19: Blue Hour. I discovered Blue Hour by accident a while back and didn’t know what it was at the time and thought something was wrong with my camera. The blue hour comes from the French expression l’heure bleue, which refers to the period of twilight each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of light at this time of day.

Canon T2i, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens, f/16, 15second, ISO100, 28mm focal length, tripod mounted

Saturday Random Photos

Someone has been visiting my garden and nibbling on my flowers and vegetables.

I have been keeping an eye on it and sure enough Saturday morning he visited again, and this time eating my marigold flowers.  He saw me and was trying to hide behind the flower bush.

The chipmunk was there also, Bo said that he was the one responsible for stuffing the furs into the bird house. When I saw him my light meter was off since I was shooting in Manual mode and it came out too dark.  I had a little help from Photoshop and the photo came out decent but still some digital noise. So the rabbit and the chipmunk live in my garden.

My backyard is a busy gathering place for birds also, this Robin was perching on a flower pot.

It’s a typical Saturday at my dad’s house.  I can’t wait till our next camping trip and we are counting down the day.

My dad’s Asian corns are getting taller, pretty soon I won’t be able to see Lee sitting on the other side of the backyard.

The weather was in the 80s and perfect weather for a cookout.

My sister has to help the Snow Peas climb the teepee trellis at the beginning and now they can help themselves.

Beans and Snow Peas

Long string beans

Cucumber plants

The Thai eggplants were big enough to plant, I still have yet to find a place to plant mine.  My sister gave the young plants to me last week and there’s no more room in my planting beds. I do have to move some of the plants around.

Cherry tomato plants

I never knew what they look like after the white flowers disappeared.

I bet you can clip this off and plant the bulbs in the ground for a new spring onion plant.

The Kaffir Lime tree grows new leaves in the Spring.

The Pomegranate tree produces many flowers this year, but so far I have not seen a fruit.

It is Spring cleaning at my dad’s house, Bo helped my dad pressure wash the storage shed.

The white fence has mildew over time.

And the wooden bench.

Don’t ask me what’s Lee doing, I guess a karate move or something.

All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens.