Magnolia Snowfall

I was heading up the stairs at the office, when this vision came into my view. 

Colors!

No grey!

Not monochromatic!

I think ... can it be ... Spring?

Look at this lovely bed of pretty pretty petals!

Screw the allergies! I stuck my nose deep into these and inhaled, deeply.*

I wish this was smell-o-vision!

I can't even describe it.

Nostalgia for North Carolina is one of those feelings that is triggered by magnolias.

Pretty as a picture -- wait, it is!

I should have set up a blanket and just laid back and spent the rest of the week watching the petals rain down on me.

Magnolia bloom season is so fleeting. Laying in this "snow-fall" and piles of "flakes" would have totally been worth the time-out.

* achoooo!
My eyes!
They burn!

Dang green tree haze!
~photos by iTouch

Mother Nature's Christmas Present

More snow...just what I need the day before I fly....

What is the return policy on this gift? 

Via cellphone camera (old school)

The Xmas tree lot outside the local Starbuck's on the Upper West Side this afternoon.

Editor's note: Look at that! 

Please note: This post was drafted on the iTouch on the train when I was not connected to wi-fi! I am running out of non-blogging excuses.

Mother Nature is REALLY Mixed up!

c. Grumpa, December 8, 2013

 Dad reports SIX inches, church cancellations, the highways shutting down, etc.

You know it's serious when the Utah Mormons cancel church on a Sunday.

I think I better start praying for safe travels.

 I have a feeling I won't be wearing these and doing this when I visit in a few weeks.

 Or at least not in short sleeves.

Photo of the Day: Mother Nature is Mixed up

c. Grumpa

This is a shot of the parents' house in St. George, UT yesterday morning. 

The desert of southern Utah, mind you.

Yesterday in NYC it was in the 50s.

Today, supposedly, it was in the 60s, foggy, and balmy. 

I never made it out of the office during the day, 

but I only wore my spring jacket on the commute.

Tomorrow it is to be also in the 50s.

Mother Nature is seriously mixed up!

Photos of the Day: Adventures in Advertising

 Don't these all look like advertisements for cruising?

Nope. I took 'em all.

With material that Mother Nature presented, it's hard to go wrong.

Sometimes She makes me feel "this" small.

Photos of the Day: Perching Pumpkins

 Saturday, August 31, 2013

Caramoor, Katonah, NY

Nominally the last day of the summer, what to do?

Pick pumpkins, of course.

But not these beauts. They found a way to perch in the patch away from predators.

Watch out for the thorny climbing roses.

Natural Ornamentation

Orient Beach State Park April 2013 

Shell Trees 

When Christine and I were wandering down the beach at Orient State Park,  we discovered a grove of trees festooned with a variety of conch shells. It was so lovely and unexpected. Why do we spend so much on artificial decorations when the natural way is all that is needed?

Adding our contribution to the decor

 

 

Photos of the Day: Snow Cap'd & Curly

Virgil Phillips State Park

Moscow, ID

Some people sled. Other people observe.

Photo of the Day: Snow Canyon

Snow Canyon, UT; January 27, 2013

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

~ Ella Maillart

Vacation Overview: Babies, Bro, B-days, and Beauty

Rules of the house

From one brother to another: does she look like me?

Yup! There are "Dos Bebes!"

Making sure Dad does it right.

What you looking at? We're trying to sleep here.

Learning how we roll

Two roads diverged in a park ...

There's no gold in there them hills

Now that I'm "back" it will still take a day or two to catch up on the work situation. More photos soon.