August Garden

August is a busy month, I've been working on cleaning the backyard and hauling loads of woods and trash left by the previous owners to the landfill, and still have a few more loads to do. The backyard used to be the dumping ground for them and in time I'm sure it will break down and…

Camping Weekend

This was our first camping trip this year, the weather is cool during the day and cold at night. My dad didn't particular care for this lot since it sits on the hill, but Easter weekend was packed and we're fortunate to get any spot at all. I told him it's a good exercise, not…

Spring Flowers

I didn't take as many spring flowers this year, and the flower trees that bloomed at the nursing home last Fall also bloomed again last week, but I didn't have a chance to stop by to take photo. These are the photos that I took at my dad's house the last two weekends, I hope…

Spring Flowers

I had always looked forward to Spring Fest at Lee's school, and this year was special since it was her last year at this elementary school. I can't believe how much she has grown, the image below was her first day in kindergarten and she was 5 year old. I will miss going to Spring…

Fall Blossoms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTYR9rl34o I drove passed the Lutheran Home on Spring Road in Hickory yesterday and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw rows of pink flower trees. I kept thinking what could be blooming at this time of the year? I stopped by today to photograph, and sure enough they were the crab apple trees. This…

Camping Weekends

We went camping on Memorial weekend, and also the weekend after. The Memorial weekend was cold and the campground packed with campers.  It really gives you the feeling of what camping is all about. I think Lee is enjoying the camping life more this year in comparison to last year. Max loved camping. I'm not…

Assignment 25: My Photography Passion

This is my contribution to Scott's Assignment 25: Your Photography Passion.  I have to say that I photograph everything around me whether it be plants, nature, people or events. I am a gardener and I love to photograph plants, it's fascinating to see how fast they grow from week to week. I photographed my garden…

Saturday Random Photos at My Dad’s House

My sister made Bamboo shoot soup for lunch, it's a tradition Lao food and fresh bamboo shoot tasted a lot better than the ones from the can. It has been raining, and the dark gloomy day is not all bad for photography. I think it made the colors more vibrant and I actually like it…

PaNoy’s Garden

I didn't have a chance to visit PaNoy's Garden this year, and he is nice enough to email me photos of his garden to share. All photos were taken by PaNoy. PaNoy said "it's been a warm winter so I got things on the grown sooner than previous years.  I plan on leaving the banana…

Nesting Season

I'm not as discipline  in posting as I used to be, and it seems like I'm catching up in posting my photos.  Some of these photos were taken almost three weeks ago,  but I guess posting it late is better than never. It's nesting season for the birds in our area, this mother Robin built…

My Garden Update

It has been a week since I added more plants to my garden and the weather has gotten a lot warmer, I think we finally get over our cold spell. There is still a lot of work to be done, and I'll be busy gardening in the next few weeks. The photos were taken early…

Saturday Random Photos

The weather has gotten a lot warmer this weekend, it was kind of crazy the last few days where we still had overnight frosts and sleet some during the day.  I stopped by the local nursery to buy some young plants on Saturday, the seedlings from last year was not a good experience and didn't…

Camping Weekend

It's nice to comeback to a familiar place and if the woods could talk it's probably would greet me with a smile and ask where have you been Nye? I didn't know you hibernate like the bears. This is my first time seeing an antenna looking like an outer space craft. The mountain flowers are…

Spring Flowers = Allergy Season

Depending on who you are this Season vary from people to people.  It might be Spring season to many, but if you are a tax accountant then it's Tax Season and forget about seeing the light of the day until after April 15th.  As for most of us, it's Allergy Season and seeing this much…

Saturday Random Photos at My Dad’s House

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/62007452 w=560&h=315] Some of the Spring flowers at my dad's house are blooming. These were budding last weekend and now they are in full bloom. The Sakura flowers finally bloomed. Lee levitating, I know kind of late for Spring forward. She was attempting to teach her aunt Bee to levitate. Not exactly Levitating, but I…