G.T.M.H.

And very early one morning...the 45th annual George Taylor Memorial Hike.

Hands of Faith

I've always loved how much emotion can be seen and felt through hands.  These are from the Thanksgiving Point gardens.

Ben Folds

I got to see Ben Folds over the fourth of July weekend and it was wonderful.  I've seen Folds in concert a number of times and the last two times I wondered if I should go again and then when I'm sitting at the concert I always say the same thing: I'm SO glad I didn't miss this!."  Besides being incredibly talented Ben is so completely entertaining.  I haven't laughed so much genuinely in a long time.  The show in Wendover was especially cool because it was a very small venue and Ben had two friends fly in to play with him.(he usually goes it solo).  It was a great show and we all had a really great time.  

A picture Ben took at the Peppermill Concert Hall where the show was at.

We all had a great time.

One of the favorites of the night.  This is from a different show, quite a long time ago, same song.

Wendover

So yeah I was in Wendover for the 4th of July.  It was insanely hot and Casino's aren't really my thing but I think we manged to have a lot of fun.  We stayed at Montego Bay and probably the best part was the pool.  It was fun to hang out with the girls and be some where new for the weekend.  P.S. the salt flats are really cool.

Mum's B-Day at the gardens

Happy America Day!!

Click on the upper left box at the end of the video(hamster in a monster suit) to see an equally great video about the Hamster Monster.

This one...

The Sky

"Even after all this time

The Sun never says to the Earth,

"You owe me."

Look what happens with a love like that,

It lights the whole sky." ~Hafez

Only from the heart can you touch the sky. ~Rumi

  God makes the sky for me everyday. 

Salt of the Earth

I saw this film today.  It was visually stunning as well as thought provoking, heartbreaking and hopeful.

Because what else would I do at a garden?

As I visited the Thanksgiving point gardens this week I realized that without a camera I probably wouldn't enjoy gardens much at all.  But with a camera, botanical gardens are an endless photo opportunity, a chance to capture an image and create something artistic.  Photography is my creative outlet and for me it's pretty therapeutic, a really good way to unwind and relax.  I spent 4 hours at the gardens and took 439 pictures which equals 1.8 pictures per minute.   This time I focused on "really close up shots". Thanksgiving Point Spring 2015.

Uptown "Dark Lord" Funk

Came across this parody earlier this week and thought I would share it.  It's fun.  The original song "Uptown Funk" is a good catchy tune written by Mark Ronson (famous British producer/song writer/singer) and is sung/preformed by Bruno Mars.  The Parody was done by some kids at BYU and became famous when J. K. Rowling apparented tweeted about it as a "work of genius".  I'm not sure about all that but it's fun so I'm sharing...

The original song:



Parody:

Trip to Disney!

Took a quick trip to Anaheim over the weekend.  We didn't plan it but it happened to be "Dapper Day" one of the days we were there so we dressed up.  Over all we spent three days at Disneyland and California Adventure, ate a lot of great food and had lots of fun.  I didn't take tons of pictures but here's a few: Disney Photos

I don't know who these people are but I wanted to save this video because it shows some of the awesome outfits from Dapper Day.

It's My Year!

It's the year of the GOAT!(or sheep or ram, which ever you prefer.)   I go with goat because goats are obviously the coolest.  I mean who wouldn't want a pet goat?

So what does "year of the goat" mean?  Well here's some zodiac info for you:

-People born in a year of the Goat are generally believed to be gentle mild-mannered, shy, stable, sympathetic, amicable, and brimming with a strong sense of kindheartedness and justice.

-They have very delicate thoughts, strong creativity, and perseverance, and acquire professional skills well. Although they look gentle on the surface, they are tough on the inside, always insisting on their own opinions in their minds. They have strong inner resilience and excellent defensive instincts.

-Though they prefer to be in groups, they do not want to be the center of attention. They are reserved and quiet, most likely because they like spending much time in their thoughts. Goats like to spend money on fashionable things that give them a first class appearance. Although goats enjoy spending money on the finer things in life, they are not snobbish.

Sounds pretty good to me!  And guess what?  Brown is my lucky color!  I guess this might explain the 15+ brown hoodies I own.

Happy Year of the Goat Everyone!!