Lovely People on Lovely California Mornings.

I have this lovely sister, who I play with all the time

[to see our latest adventure, go here]

At the end of this summer we spent a blissful week in Coarsegold .

Most of the week consisted of eating Frostys, listening to country music, and driving in trucks.

And before we came back to the great state of Utah, 

she wanted me to take some pictures of her and the hubby in that wonderful town of ours.

So, naturally, I obliged.

I love practicing photography when I have a spare minute [which lately isn't very often],

and I only wish that I had the time to learn more.

I suppose someday soon I'll have to make the time.

These were just a few of my favorite pictures of the morning.

I think mostly I like them because the lighting almost reminds me of this early morning scene.

Aren't they beautiful people?

Summer Adventure: Yosemite National Park

For our next adventure, Linds and I went to Yosemite National Park for a little hiking and/or nature observing. You know, Yosemite isn't all that terribly far from where I'm from, but you see....

1. i work 9-5 Monday-Friday

2. Sundays are a family day

3. Summer Saturdays are sort of a zoo around Yosemite.

so I just don't go as often as I should!

but having a visitor gives you an excuse to make time for it all. Thank goodness.

aaaaaand I wasn't kidding when I said haze and/or mist is a for-sure deal when I am in the presence of fabulous views.

Yosemite was not an exception.

but you can't take away all the grandeur from something like that.

also, we lucked out big time because the falls are still running

[like, rushing actually] and they should be trickling at this time of year!

we took the halfway hike at Glacier Point to Union Point [we didn't get an early enough start to do a huge hike]

but the view and the breeze were certainly something to behold.

as you can tell from above: Lindsay is a super-hiker.

my picture is a little blurry.... but it's like blurring out my blotchy redness...so it's quite alright.

 of course, this is what I really felt like after the hike. very sweaty.

and with a small sunburn patch on my right shoulder. 

only there.

nowhere else. 

isn't that the most wonderful phenomenon?

So aside from the spectacular views, there was also a huge amount of nature to observe on the way.

my favorite were the trees that were sprouting babies from their midsections!

[or twins, I suppose, call them what you will]

or maybe my favorite were the little red fungi? flowers? I don't know. 

but they stood out incredibly well among the fallen leaves and brown tree trunks

but please do not think the wonders of nature stopped there.
we were convinced we found the meadow from Twilight....

I think it's best we end it there.

Having fun. assignment style

Sometimes my teachers give "having fun" assignments and I take a drive to the mountains. 

Best. thing. ever.

I love photography. 

There are so many things you can learn from it.

For instance there are things you can't see when you're lens is focused on something else.

Sometimes, are we focused on something else and missing what's in front of us?

Is there something  that we can't see because we are choosing not to?

Just food for thought :)

-Tay