Bo was able to round up 7 free tickets for the Carolina Home & Garden Show in Hickory again this year. It seems to me that the show gets smaller each year. It's a 3 day show starting on Friday, and we went to the one on Saturday. The Light Place was one of my… Continue reading Carolina Home & Garden Show
I made a point to run some errands today so I would be out taking pictures of the spring flowers. My first stop was at my sister Bee's house. I had my 50mm prime lens with me since it's light to carry around but it lacks the ability to zoom because it is a fixed… Continue reading Early Spring Flowers
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/33861685 w=515&h=290] Click here to view this video on YouTube Yesterday we decided to visit the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden to see the Christmas lights. We got there early and it was still light outside. Some of my photos have digital noise, there was not enough lighting and I bumped the ISO up to… Continue reading Holiday Lights at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
We had a father's day cookout at my dad's house on Saturday and the storm swept through the area that evening and made it very difficult to grill outside. We managed but I didn't get a chance to take any picture of the foods. After the storm had passed, I went outside to photograph his… Continue reading My Dad’s Garden June 18, 2011
I was hoping to see the lotus in bloom and it might be towards the end of the month, although I'm glad there were some water lilies in bloom. We got there around 9:15 am and the sun was high by then. We definitely have to get there earlier next time. I used my telephoto… Continue reading Flowers at Biltmore
We had a severe storm pass through this morning, and the wind gusting seemed like 60mph. Most of my dad's cherry blossom are on the ground. Many trees were down in his neighborhood. I feel bad for this person, this is the second Bradford Pear tree that's down. A good thing that it didn't hit… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
I went back to the doctor yesterday and was a bit disappointed that things didn't go as well as I had hoped, which means that I have to have more test run on Monday. I still have a drainage tube on me, I'm beginning to feel like it's a part of me now. I came… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
It has been raining here lately and it's actually good for the plants and air, with everything blooming we do have high pollen counts and hopefully this will wash all the pollen dust in the air. My dad has a chance to use his fireplace also. I had a bamboo shoot soup for lunch yesterday,… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
I'm glad that my peach tree survived the winter months. It produced several fruits last year but none stick. This year doesn't look too promising either since there are only a few blooms on the tree. I took these photos last Thursday and it has been raining a lot in the last few weeks. The… Continue reading My Garden in March
The day of the super moon that everyone had been telling me about, the morning was promising that we might have a clear sky Saturday night. I got up early to go to a T-shirt sales from one of the manufacturing companies in Maiden, all T-shirts were selling for $1 to $3 each. I think… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
The flower trees are blooming and thank goodness I don't have allergy. We walk around my dad's neighborhood today to photograph the flowers. This is in front of my dad's house, the pink flower tree is in bloom. It's a nice view from the front porch. The white flower trees are the Bradford pear trees.… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
Lee and I went to her school Winter Fest. It seems odd to have it during this time of the year since Spring has arrived in our area. Lee decided to have her hair color, they hosed her down good with color hairspray. It's blue with sparkles. They have lots of games and she won… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
These lovebirds are real funny to watch sometimes, I still can't tell if they are male or female. The phrase "it's a jungle out there" has a new meaning at my dad's house, literally it sounds like you are in the jungle when you are around these birds. They are a joy to be around.… Continue reading Spring Fever
It has been 6 weeks since I started using my Ab Coaster and I finally added 10 pounds (4.54 kg) to each side last week, my GI Joe sister does 15 pounds on each side but I'm not sure if I want to increase that much. I gradually increase my workout and can do 1,000… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
My mom's orchid has 3 blooms now. I was helping my dad with the new stove that I didn't get a chance to take this until late evening when there's not enough natural lighting. It has been an usually cold winter this year and the power company raised the price of heating on top of… Continue reading Heating the House
