Pair in the Rain

When Don and I headed out to Solvang, it was a rainy, blustery morning. By the time we got there, the rain had more or less stopped, and the flower boxes along the street were blanketed with sparkling raindrops. Made for more interesting photography than I was expecting to find there.

Star Motel

Lompoc, CA At long last, I’ve gotten out shooting again. While Don was here, we took a mini-roadtrip out to Solvang and Lompoc. The day started out rainy, but cleared up in the afternoon, giving me a perfect blue sky for this shot. Oh, and I’m starting to make friends with my Lensbaby. 🙂

Orchid

Our friends Parry and Aylene took us out to dinner recently (very kind of them!) and on top of that brought us an armful of cymbidium orchids when they came to pick us up. Here’s a quick shot I took of the ones that ended up on the breakfast table.

Pinks

The first cut flowers from my garden! Not grown from seeds, but still. So, let’s see, what have I been up to for the last three months? Moving out, moving in, fixing up the house, getting a garden started, getting out and actually (finally) meeting people… all that has been keeping me pretty busy for the last several months. But I’ve been missing my photography, and it’s time to get back in that groove. I don’t think I’ll make it back to every day for a while, but I’ll be going for an upward trend. Oh, and since my home…