Week’s Favorites

A few of my favorite pictures from this past week….

A beautiful spider web on our deck that was only there for about 5 days. Night-time clouds while driving on the interstate. Gorgeous sunlight on the trees. Cupcake’s Dora toothbrush by the sink.

I saw this patch of sunflowers at a local church’s community garden. Couldn’t resist. Took these with my little point and shoot. I tried to stand very still to capture the small butterflies/moths on the middle picture. It wasn’t easy!

Cupcake and her sweet mama (my beautiful daughter) after her 1st day of preschool (her second year). Cupcake cutting out and baking some cookies. My favorite little cookie-man. I just LOVE the little red heart she put on him. Beautiful!

Her Beautiful Eyes

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes
one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper,
more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby
when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle.
Vincent van Gogh

Her eyes are as deep blue as the ocean and lips as pick as coral. Beautiful. Powerful. She was only 11 days young and she captivated me. Indeed, I did not have to go far to find something grand or infinite. The wonder of creation, of God’s love, shines through her eyes. Thank you Natalie, Blake and especially Lilly.

Thank you iheartfaces for the opportunity to showcase eyes. Want to see more beautiful eyes? Take a minute or two and go visit their website.

Friendship

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. ~Author Unknown

I love this photograph of my granddaughter chatting on the computer with my younger daughter, Kayla. When Kayla was away at college, occasionally these two would computer chat. Their chat times were pretty funny and I loved being able to observe their relationship/friendship form. Now, Kayla has graduated and moved back, so these two get to spend lots of time together. They are like two peas in a pod! Not only are they aunt and niece, they are the best of friends!

This week’s challenge at iheartfaces is all about friendship. Friends come in all shapes, sizes, real and pretend, family and non-family. There are some wonderful photographs and storied, so take a minute or two and check them out!

Little Cabin by the River

Spent the weekend at a little cabin alongside the Little River in Townsend, Tennessee. The cabin, called Riversong, was awesome! It had several retro elements and a great deck with a swing overlooking the river. A little shout out to The Wrights. They have several cabins to choose from and we certainly will stay in one of their cabins again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took a little trip up to Cades Cove. I simply love this 11-mile loop around the cove. I’ve never been to Cades Cove in the winter, so I’m already making future plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s one of my favorites from the weekend.

Phone Polaroids

I love the app on my phone called Roidizer. Originally I wanted the app Instagram but it’s only available for the iPhone. Roidizer is simple but effective and you can post to facebook in a flash. It has 7 photo filters. Most of the time I use the magic hour filter and just love how you can add text to the bottom of the polaroid. I truly took advantage of this app while we were on vacation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wish that there was a simple camera that would take pictures like this. That would be awesome!