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A Peony and a Slinky…. and More Art.

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Day 160 Pink Peony

 

Have to admit Pink Peonies are incredible

Day 161 Retro Roses

 

A simple iPhone capture and edited with Camera Awesome from Smugmug

Day 162 B&W Slinky

 

Sometimes its fun to photography simple toys. I liked this!

Day 163 Samurai Tech-Ninjago

My Son wanted me to include his Samurai Tech in my dailies… so here it is…

Day 164 Kids Handprints

 

Came home from work and found my daughters art work on the easel.

Day 165 Ninjas vs Stone Warriors

 

I was looking for a photo and my son came up with this battle of the Ninjas and Stone Warriors… The Ninjas did prevail, of course!

Day 166 Red Lilly

 

Was lucky to find this red Lily.

Day 167 Happy Father’s Day

 

Had a fun Father’s Day….

 

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Green Mums, Green Ninjas and Pre-K Graduation

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Day 153 – Homemade Green Ninja

 

My Son couldn’t find a set with the Green Ninja so he searched YouTube to find out how to make his own…. He was a bit disappointed with the color green he chose, but I think he did a pretty good job!

Day 154 Pink Daisies and Green Mums

 

Liked the way this pink daisy looked with the small green mums in the background.

Day 155 Stick Frisbee

My son had class art project to make a frisbee with tongue depressors. He decided to make a colorful one at home. It really flies and will stay together for awhile.

Day 156 LightBulb Jar

 

My Son found this fun jar at Hobby Lobby the other day.  I liked the hues and tones in this image.

Day 157 Pre-K Graduation

My Daughter graduated from Pre-Kindergarten. Fun day!

Day 158 Green Mums in nice afternoon light

 

Really liked this fun green mums in the nice afternoon light.

Day 159 Basil Blossoms

 

Finally planted a Basil in my yard and have so far been enjoying picking a few leaves just before dinner! Glad to see it can handle the afternoon heat.

 

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Zucchini and a Mickey Mouse Antenna Topper in the same post!

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Day 147 Yellow Rose with Red tips

 

Really liked the light on these fun roses!

Day 148 Mickey Cupcake Topper!

 

The antenna topper on my wife’s car. Its cute.

Day 149 Zucchini bud

 

I planted a Zucchini plant this spring and they are now flowering, so hopefully I’ll have some Zucchini soon!

Day 150 Big Shoes!

 

My daughter loves to wear my shoes! I love to photograph her wearing grown up shoes!

Day 151 Rainbow Smiles

 

My daughter loves facepaint….

Day 152 Cool Sky over Mummy Mt. Nevada

 

Mummy Mt, is located in Mt. Charleston, NV and one of my favorites to photography, especially when there are cool clouds overhead!

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Concrete Blocks, Crayons and a few flowers!

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Day 141- Batting Practice

 

Caught a few captures of my son taking a few swings…

Day 142 Gardenia Bud

 

Had no idea my Mom had gardenia’s in her back yard… I enjoy their fragrance and know that they are a bit strong for others.

Day 143 Fun Little Daisies

 

These White Daisies are really cute and last forever!

Day 144 Triangle of Crayons

 

Had some fun with my kids art supplies

Day 145 Concrete Blocks

 

I have walked by this wall of concrete blocks numerous times and never attempted to photograph it, but this day I decided to see what I could do. In fact I think it would a fun class assignment for a group of photographers to just photograph the great textures here.

Day 146 Portrait with a Bicycle Helmet

 

My son is at the age where photos aren’t terribly easy to get, so I take what I can get!

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Pears, Frisbees and more….

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Day 136 – Lantana on the Bricks

 

So far the Lantana are doing very well this spring in my yard…

Day 137 Yellow and Orange Tulips

 

Tulips are still a favorite of mine to photograph

Day 138 Friends

 

My Daughter is on the right and her best friend on the left. This was at their dance recital. A fun time was had by all!

Day 139 Star Frisbee

 

Had fun tossing the frisbee around the yard!

Day 140 Pears, Still Life

 

Wanted to work with shooting into the backlight and I think this turned out fairly well. In fact I may have some prints done.

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Daisies, Peonies and a Whiffle Ball

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Still having fun with Spring Flowers…

Day 130- Peonies

I thought this Peonie bud was neat amongst all the big blossom bursts.

Day 131- Orange Gerbera Daisies

 

I don’t know how they get the colors in the daisies, but these orange and yellow ones are pretty cool!

Day 132-My Kids wanted a capture for Mom on Mothers Day…

 

Cheese!

Day 133- More Peonies

 

Had never really studied the inside of a Peonie until now… and of course I’ve forgotten what all the parts are called inside the flower.. I’ll have to go review my Botany texts.

Day 134-Drooping Daises

 

I pretty much like daisies in all forms… I liked these in the late afternoon window light.

Day 135-Whiffle Ball

 

Had a bit of fun with a whiffle ball…

 

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Everyone is focused on finding the right angel investors…..

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“Everyone is focused on finding the right angel investors,” Corcoran said. “The right people are themselves, I want to see how much money they can scrape together on their own. The reason is, that is the most valuable money, because you learn how to stretch it. And you will stretch every dollar.”

Barbara Corcoran, entrepreneur, Angel Investor on the hit show Shark Tanks offers some great advice even for my dental practice.

Entrepreneurship is a hard difficult road, that hopefully leads to something great! Years ago dentistry was much simpler, today not so much…


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The Ranch on the Sandquist Railway

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My Mom, spent her summers at a Ranch in Doyle, CA. The Western Pacific Railway leased land from my Mom’s Grandfather for their tracks. She remembers running out to wave at the Western Pacific as it zoomed by. This isn’t an exact replica of the ranch but through old photos and my Mothers memory its a reasonable display of the ranch she loved.

Front of the ranch with the barn to the left

Hope to get some more photos soon!

 

Barn yard with cattle and the watering hole.

 

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A Portrait and Flowers-Sunflowers and Daisies.

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Day 122 A Trip to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique

 

We spent a few days at Disneyland and my daughter had a princess makeover at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. They pretty much go all out to ensure the girls have a great time! They get to pick their hairdo, makeup and dress.

Day 123 Disney California Adventure-Carthay Circle

 

Loved the red roses around Carthay Circle at Disney’s California Adventure

Day 124 Handmade Hands

 

I’m not exactly sure when my son made this, but I liked the colors and high five it provided when you walk by!

Day 125 Lantana Amongst the Indian Hawthorn

 

As the Indian Hawthorn start to fade away the Lantana are ready to take over.

Day 126 Beautiful Red Gerbera Daisies

My wife brought these daisies home and I new I just had to try and capture them. I think Gerbera Daisies are one of my favorites.

Day 127- Unique View of these Sunflowers

 

Love these fun Crinkly Sunflowers.

Day 128 More of the Red Daisies

 

Almost the same view from two days ago, but with slightly different light and post processing

Day 129 Sunflowers and a Daisy

 

Yes, I’m a fan of flower photography.

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Grapes, Grapes and a Smattering of other things

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I’m back playing catch up with photos on my blog, so here goes.

Day 115- Grapes budding

I had never really noticed the way grapes start to grow and this year I got some fun pics of the process.

Day 116 Starting to Blossom

 

These started to blossom over night. Fun!

Day 117 Red Roses

A brief break with the grapes as I had to include these great roses from my Mom’s yard!

Day 118 Grapes in full bloom

 

I have never seen grapes like this. Had no idea that grapes flowered like this.

119 Lollaloopsy Photobombed the portrait

I was trying to get a photo of my Daughter and kept putting her Lollaloopsy in the way… so i went with it!

Day 120 Rubber Band Ball

 

My son wanted to make a rubber band ball… Fortunately he found one already made at the doller store! Saved us lots of time…

Day 121 Fruit on the Grapes starting to grow

 

This is a quick iphone capture of the fruit starting to grow.

 

 

 

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