Around Town - Baldwin Park 5

I love this top picture!  It's one of my absolute favorites that I took while in Baldwin Park, last week.  At the rate I've been going, there was a distinct possibility that by the time I got around to sharing all of my pictures from that day, that I might have a while new bunch to share....so, I decided to make today's post a long one and to include all of my additional Baldwin Park pictures...at least until I take more.  Hope you enjoy!

Some sort of grass....it's either getting ready to flower or going to seed.

Framed by the fence...

I love the dark blue color of the water in this picture...

and the fact that you can see a full reflecting of the reeds growing along the edge.

I should really save these next two pictures until I hear of a photo challenge with the topic of "Green"...

but I'm not going to.

The unique bark on these trees caught my eye...and made for some pretty nice pictures!

Resident's decorating their homes for the upcoming holiday!

A pretty path...

Neighbors....one house invokes images of Americana...while next door I am transported to the Mediteranean.

I love the stark contrast of the branches against the sky.

It's all about perspective...from one point of view, the tree branches provide an arial border to the walking path...and from another point of view, they provide a natural frame to this post-card perfect home.

And there we have it....say good-bye to posts about Baldwin Park...at least for the time being!  :)

Roman's Senior Pictures

My dog Roman...he's getting up there in age.  This coming December he will be 12, which means that right now, as of June 2011, he is just over 80 years old (in dog years.)  Since the life expectancy of a Labrador is 10 - 12 years, I am faced with the truth that he could pass away at any time.  With this in mind, I figured we should do a senior picture photo shoot...

As with any senior picture photo shoot, we took several different poses...

And of course, half way through the photo shoot, he needed a bathroom break, so during that time, I took some pictures of the scenery...

After his break, we got a few more shots...

Another break to stretch his legs....which meant more scenery pictures for me...

One important piece of information that you can't tell from these photos is that Roman does NOT like to have his picture taken...if you notice, in almost every picture, he is looking away from the camera.  I am not sure why he is like this, but he has always been this way.  When he was younger and I would take his picture, he would actually jump up and bark ferociously at the camera....now he just looks away...

After about 35 pictures were taken, this was the look he gave me...which I took to mean, "Enough is enough! Don't make me come over there and bite you..."

...which would be difficult for him anyway, since somehow he is missing his two front teeth.  But I figured that I had harassed him enough for the day and made that his last pose.  :)

Around Town - Baldwin Park 4

Today, I am posting pictures of some flowers that I took while in Baldwin Park, last week.  It was a perfect day, sunny, and the colors of the flowers just POPPED against the blue sky and the green grass!

These next 2 pictures, are my favorites that I am posting today!  I LOVE them!

Links of Interest

I live in Florida and I love the ocean. I love the smell of the ocean, the wind, the beauty of it, the birds, the sunshine, the wildlife, you get the point! It only stands to reason that I would like craft projects that make use of shells, because even though I have plenty already, it is downright impossible for me to go out to the coast without picking up (and bringing home) additional shells. Rhonda Spiers at Blue Creek Home shares a great step-by-step photo guide to making a Shell encrusted mirror.

In the "SAY WHAT?!" category...apparently there is a group of South Florida ob-gyn offices that "outright refuse treatment to ALL women over a certain weight."  Lesley Kinzel of Two Whole Cakes offers an insightful editorial on this topic.


Talk about an unusual traffic stop! Police in Michigan finally stopped a 7 year old, after he had already driven 20 miles! Crazy!

 

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Around Town - Baldwin Park 3

Ok, so today I'm posting some pictures that I took of shadows.  These pictures are all very similar but all a little different.  I liked them all and couldn't decide which to share, so I'm sharing them all!

The Daily Pic - Baby Lizard

So with all the lizard mating going on outside my front door, it stands to reason that I'd start to see baby lizards running around.  They are SO cute and tiny.  I took these pictures 2 days ago, of a baby lizard who had positioned himself on my pineapple plant.  His body (not including the tail) was only about 1 inch long!

Can you spot him in the above picture?