vacation

A day at the beach….

| Kelly

Wow, 5 days away from my computer, email, Facebook, and blog! I think it’s good to get away from technology every now and then, keep yourself from becoming too dependent on it… so I spent my time away at the Jersey Shore (the real one, not the one most of you are familiar with!). These are not my beach toys, but their colorful layout caught my eye. They are a perfect example of fun at the beach! (I’m also thinking this is what it will look like when Lucy hits the beach next year, we’ll all get a workout digging for her 🙂 )

Last week’s weekly challenge: Hands

| Kelly

I’m a bit behind in these weekly challenges, but I assume no one will hold it against me 🙂 The “hands” challenge was a tough one. What I learned from this challenge is that I don’t like the look of hands in photos. I guess I’m not a hands photographer. So, I took it another route… Let me know what you think!

Still not sure what these are….

| Kelly

Saw these on the beach in Long Boat Key last February. Still haven’t figured out exactly what they are. To me they look like pearls on the beach.. but they were soft.. maybe eggs ? egg cases? some other life stage of an organism? They made a really pretty trail on the beach… so that’s good enough for now.. 🙂

An Escape from the Gloom….

| Kelly

Today in NJ, it’s rainy and grey. I’m sitting here thinking of a happier time and beautiful weather!  A Long Boat Key sunset is right up there at the top of the list of places to go to escape. The perfect escape for me!

It’s Lunch time…

| Kelly

Say hello to one of the manatees that live at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Florida. They chow down on romaine lettuce quite often. This was an awesome moment where I just stood face to face with him for about 5 or 10 minutes… Such a beautiful mammal!

America the Beautiful…

| Kelly

My dad took this shot while traveling out west with my mom. These snow covered mountains are the Grand Tetons. I love the reflection and the colors in this photo. As I have said before, Dad has a great eye! I’d like to thank my Dad for being a guest photographer on my blog, and I look forward to sharing more of his “work”!