It has been too long. Sorry

I got to go to Yellowstone National Park this summer for one day and I tried to make the most of it while I was there. In one day I took over 1300 pictures and here is only a sample. Yes I know I didn't put in Old Faithful but I will get to that later.

The Falls have always been such an amazing thing and they are so beautiful.

I liked the falls but I also loved the view of the entire gorge as well.

I really wanted to get up to the Mammoth Hot Springs and although I felt robbed to a point in that they are drying up so bad there is still a lot of beauty to photograph.

Then the animals are always so beautiful and proud. I will always love them.

Then finally there is the sunset.

It is beautiful all over the worl but only as beautiful as what you see each time and so I love to always capture it if I can.

A walk by the river

Our company moved from Spanish Fork to South Jordan and we have now been there week. Today I decided to take a walk for lunch since there is a trail that runs along the Jordan River. I stepped out of the trees to the river bank and saw this beautiful Sandhill Crane. I had been photographing flowers and not expecting the crane so the camera was way out of focus and took a few seconds to focus. I was afraid he would be long gone before I could get it to focus but when I did three quick shots I was rewarded with this one that I thought was pretty fun.

Happy Birthday McKinsey!! and a Sunday Drive.

Happy 5th Birthday and I am glad that Tia could make a cake for you. We had a great time visiting last week.

The girls loved some of the rocks around a small park that we found.

We wanted to take family pictures and they ended up being some as we walked around a small lake. It was pretty fun.

We took a hike around a small lake and as I was watching some of the wildlife spotted this one blending into it's surroundings.

The deer crossed the road in front of us in no hurry. I had my camera on my lap so as my son drove next to it I had him roll down his window and shot across in front of him just as the deer jumped the fence. Then I looked at my display and it was dark. Luckily it had enough raw data to pull it out pretty good.

Happy Birthday Gabe!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

GABE!!

A few other shots

Notice the spider inside, I didn't see it until I processed the image.

a beautiful Western Tanager

New Peas

My favorite flower the Iris

Eye was pretty close to this horse

A "Y" for the Y

A new set of close-up lenses

Well I went out photographing around the yard with my new set of closeup lenses, I has a whole lot of fun doing it also.

A dandelion in seed.

Buttercup blossoms

A leaf from a Quaken Aspen tree

An empty nester dandelion

And finally a closeup of a yellow pansy

Birds and Blossoms, Just a little Saturday fun

So I was working in the garden last Saturday when I heard a loud noise in the trees above my head. There were two woodpeckers just making a big disturbance. I grabbed my camera and started shooting. I then went around the yard and took a bunch more while I was stopped. It was nice and relaxing.