I had so many adventures this past weekend that you will have no idea how tired I am. I went to more places than I have ever been in a single weekend. Continue reading “Weekend Adventures”
Tag: Photos
Jubilant
So like I said in my Share My World post for this week, my mom’s friend from the UK arrived on Friday Continue reading “Jubilant”
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: What’s this?
This week, for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, I am here to present a picture with a question mark. In other words, this week’s topic is to post a picture and let you, the reader, to figure out exactly what you’re looking at. Continue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: What’s this?”
Man or Alien?
I took this picture on my last trip to the Utah State Capitol late 2013. It was during a class trip when I visited the Capitol. Continue reading “Man or Alien?”
Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 25 – Music
It’s been too long since I’ve participated in this challenge and I am so excited because I finally have something to show for the topic of music. Continue reading “Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 25 – Music”
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Single Flowers
This week, for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, the objective is to take pictures featuring a single flower. Continue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Single Flowers”
Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: 2016 Week 19
I’m joining the challenge for the first time because well, I’ve found some weird pictures in my files. Continue reading “Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: 2016 Week 19”
A Wet 2016 Spring
This has been one wet spring. It’s been raining almost every single day and if the sky’s not raining, it’s gray and the grayness often drives me insane. The last time I experienced such a wet spring was 2007, when I was still in Texas but that’s different. Texas is plains, Utah is desert. Deserts aren’t supposed to rain, deserts are supposed to be sunny and hot and dry. Maybe the world is changing.
Anyway, this horrible weather had given me barely enough time to adore the beautiful flowers that have blossomed in my neighborhood. I haven’t even had the chance to visit the park before another wind storm hit and destroyed all the flowers.
This picture above is from one of the rare sunny days in April. These are Asian pears blossoms from the backyard. I don’t know how my mom prune trees each year. When spring comes, flowers sprouts along the trunk of the tree instead of in specific places like a normal tree.
The plum tree in the front yard was the first to blossom and the flowers were gone two weeks later when a wind storm hit the area. After the plums came the Asian pears in the backyard (pictured above). These stayed for about a week or so before another wind storm hit followed by hail and rain. Here is one more picture of the blossoms.
As the ephemeral Asian pear blossoms came and went, the apple began to blossom and boy, did they come.
It was like every flower on the apple tree was waiting for the right time to bloom. It was like it was counting down by the second. It was like a head flower was calling the shot. “All right everybody, we bloom in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!”
We were very surprised when we came home one sunny day and found the apple tree full of flowers. Immediately, my mom determined, “We’re going to have a lot of apples this year.” If all of the blossoms successfully turn to a fruit, I thought, rolling my eyes.
Less than a week later, we were hit by another wind storm and once again followed by hail and rain. Well, there went the apples. When the rain finally stopped and the sky is blue again, we stepped out into the backyard. All the flowers had gone from the trees, its petals blew away by the wind, replacing it with these little apple buds.
And here are the Asian pears:
Mother Nature,
Please give me some sunny days? I’ve had enough with the gray depressing skies and the roller coaster temperatures. Hot and cold, hot and cold, you’re going to get me sick. I don’t mind the rain but at least stop with the gray skies.
A Special Tree
Abstract Photography
I hit a bump in this week’s photo challenge because of the word, Abstract. Continue reading “Abstract Photography”
Dinnertime
Ah, at last, a photo challenge about food and boy oh boy, do I have something to share. Continue reading “Dinnertime”
Trip to Redwood Forest
The last time we visited Northern California was way back in 2011. Continue reading “Trip to Redwood Forest”
Half-Light: Sunrises
February full-moon sunrise
March Sunrise
Early classes means driving to school before sunrise
I took all these pictures during the last month and they were all taken in the early in the morning. I love sunrises, there are always so many colors associated. I just don’t like getting this early. Good thing I only have three more weeks of school left.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Alley, Driveway, and Parking Lot
I don’t have any dirt road pictures, so I’m excluding that from the title. Here is one of each: an alley, driveway, and parking lot. Continue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Alley, Driveway, and Parking Lot”
Marooned to Salt Lake
Have you ever been to a dog park and seen the dogs run wild and free while their owners sat on the sideline chatting? They look just so happy, don’t they? Being off the leash? Continue reading “Marooned to Salt Lake”
Nature’s Art
This picture was taken at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada last September. I stopped there on my way home from Las Vegas. It was incredibly hot that day, almost 100°F and it was dry heat so every breath I took in burned in my lungs. I enjoyed the desert landscapes anyway.
I’ve chosen this picture to represent this week’s photo challenge and discover challenge because I believe the word, harmony, has a lot of different meanings. In my mind, harmony is a group of people, animals, and even objects come together in peace and create something amazing and to see, well, that’s invoking a sense, right?
When I look at this picture, it reminds me of this. In a way, this desert landscape is a work of art created by mother nature and this is how I see it:
Each time a gust of wind goes by, a group of sandstone particles would volunteer to surrender their place, they would choose to explore elsewhere even though they knew that once they leave, they’re never coming back. Over time, as more and more of these sandstone particles choose to move on, to travel and find a new home by means of the wind, a gaping hole would be in their places and sooner or later, the rock will look more and more like a block of Swiss cheese or it will transform into a peculiar sculpture that looks like the upper half of a man’s body.
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Sepia Tone Only
So I finally brought my camera with me to school but so far, I haven’t been able to capture a lot of images. This is one of them. My original goal was to take this in the dark because the minute and second hands light up but I missed my chance. Now, I’ll just have to wait until winter to capture it again.
This is a magnificent object in the school. It’s about the only thing that stands out for miles and with the mountains in the back, the scenery is breathtaking.
This was taken in the moment, just seconds before I had to sprint to catch the shuttle last week. For some reason, the mountains look incredibly close. It looks like the mountains are just beyond those buildings and stairs.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things that are Rough
State of Mind
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Weather
The past few weeks, it’s not been pretty here. Fog, haze, and gray skies, everyday not to mention the horrible air quality. Typical Utah winter. Continue reading “Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Weather”
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things that are Smooth
I’ve just spent the majority of this week taking mid-terms and even after the deep massage on Wednesday, my back still aches and so is my head. Maybe I need a couple more sessions. Anyway, for this week’s Fun Foto challenge, I decided to go with the theme: Food. Hope you enjoy. Continue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things that are Smooth”
Failed Imitation
I gotta be honest, when I saw this week’s photo challenge, I was a bit stumped because after I saw so many posting pictures of them or someone posing with statues, I knew I wouldn’t have any of those pictures lying around especially I don’t like to pose with things. After brainstorming for a few days, I finally came up with just the pictures to show.
When I took these pictures last December, I was still experimenting with the new camera. Both were taken with the Intelligent Auto setting (a what-turned-out-to-be-a useful setting). However, right before I pressed the shutter button for the first picture (the pretty one), the Intelligent Auto setting switched to Night setting and the flash was immediately turned off. I tried to snap one more (the second picture) but for some reason, the setting was reverted back to Auto. Thus, that’s the reason for the second picture.
Somethings just cannot be imitated, that includes shooting photographs.
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