Ok, one more waterlilly

One more picture that I made @ Duke gardens recently. The water of the lilly pond is so dark and sort of mysterious, which adds a nice background to the pictures made there. I really, really like that garden! An extra addition to this one, was a dragonfly that took a break on one of the petals of the lilly.

Serene simplicity

at its best in nature....

Just a few

hours in time can make such a difference!

5:00 pm this afternoon... Here she is.... Miss Irene, the hurricane!





We are located just on the West border side of where Irene is passing through NC. We are lucky....., we got a big cloud that poored the rain on the streets this afternoon. But it stopped after an hour or so... And out came a beautiful sunset. With up in the air Irene's clouds to the West! So around 8:00 pm same sky, totally different colors...





We are so lucky that we are just enough to the West of it. Our thoughts go out to our Eastern Carolinians!

Little girl.....

Peeking through the window......

Treasured memories

Quality time with family visiting from overseas, need special attention....

Hummm

So today it was muggy, but.... cloudy! So found me a nice view on the hummingbirds outside this morning. Love those small, happy fast flying things! They were really checking me and that clicking thing in front of my face out. So funny!

Gather around...

Is anybody going camping this Summer?
Gotta love the campfires!!! Especially the ones that make your clothes and hair smell like burned wood a mile away :-)
And smores!! Lots of 'em!