Lookie at what I made

AWESOME!

How lucky am I to have a dragonfly pose for me? I took these today after I got home from camping. He landed and actually allowed me to take these photos using my macro lens. All I can say is AWESOME!


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More adventures

Oh my gosh. All I can say is that I'm glad I'm finally home, safe in my own bed after two days of fabulous adventures with Daniel, his brother Jeff and Joy, Jeff's wife.

Daniel at Elk Creek


Sorry for the picture quality. Only had my phone camera with me. Didn't get good photos.

The Great Outdoors

Yesterday, my friend Daniel took Winston and his sister and I up in the mountains and to the hot pools near Warm Lake. What a beautiful adventure. Winston works with us at WinCo. He is 21 years of age and is the sole provider for his family which includes his father, sister and brother. What a kid. He and his family is from Berma and are now living here in Idaho. Daniel has taken him under his wing and is teaching him how to drive and wants to show him around Idaho so when he gets a car, he can take his family and show them what a great state we live in. Back to the adventure.... It's not very often that all of us have the same night off of work. Well this week we did and it happens to be the worst day of the week because of the weather. 60% chance of snow in the mountains. Did that stop us? NO! A last minute decision sent us on our adventure. Out of the city and up the mountain into the unknown....for all of us but Daniel. The weather was beautiful when we left Boise, but we hit a little snow right after we drove through Horseshoe bend. Still the adventure continued. Through the pass, with a little scare around the corner. The car in front of us was driving too fast for the conditions and spun out and hit the cement barrier along the road. Luckily, I was far enough behind him to stop safely. Daniel got out to see if the people in the other car were ok. They were, but seem annoyed that we asked. See if we help anyone again! LOL! The closer we got to Cascade, the more snow we had, but still...on with the adventure. We made a pit stop in Cascade and changed drivers. Daniel knew the way, so he drove the rest of the trip. Mountain....here we come. The roads were snowy, but driveable. We kept a safe 20MPH speed (on my orders, because it was my car!). Higher and higher we climbed up the road. A van came up behind us so Daniel pulled over to let them pass. Minor mistake. As we pulled back into our lane, we hit black ice. Not good on an uphill slope. We slowly started to spin, doing a 180 right into the snow bank. OOPS! Then we were stuck. I took over the wheel. Daniel and Winston got out and pushed. Freedom...for a minute or two. I drove a little ways, then more black ice. Same scenario. Stuck again. Do we continue? The car was turned around at that point so we back down the same way we went up. Slowly! Was the adventure really over? We drove a couple of miles, discussed it and unamiously decided to turn around a give it another go. We were too close to give up. This time we made it with no problems. Woo hoo!!! We were so glad turned back around. You can see the pools from the road, but to get to the them you have to hike a little ways down the hill. I had my camera, but the adventure down the trail did not provide a good opportunity to take pictures. Snow, ice, rock, plus steep hill equals too slippery for Sandee. Every one else went down with no problem, but me being the scardy cat, sat on my ass and slid down. It was just like being on a slide at the water park. A tiny bit colder though. Then came the hot pools. How awesome to be sitting and relaxing in a natural hot springs with the snow falling from the sky. Nature in it's glory. And to be sharing it with your best friends. I did manage to get a couple of photos after our dip in the pool. Yes it was as cold as it looks, but so worth the trip. We plan to go again soon, but camp for a few nights. Hopefully next time it will be a little warmer and less snow. Click on the thumbnail for larger pictures.

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Merry Christmas

My Favorite Quote

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,
but just look what they can do when they stick together.

Otters

Mama sent me this video. Otters are so adorable. They're what I want to see the most if we go the the aquarium. I want a pair! Check it out!

glumbert - Otters hold hands

What is this?

It's been so long since we've had rain here I forgot what it looked like. Today we had a heck of a storm move through. Although it only lasted about 15 minutes, it was quite awesome. I LOVE the rain! Obviously I need to clean out the rain gutters cuz I had quite the waterfall, LOL! I tried to get some shots of the lightning, but it didn't cooperate, darn it!

Creative Photography

While cooking Chicken Fajitas for dinner the other morning(I work the graveyard shift), I was noticing how beautiful the colors blended together. I usually take pictures of nature outside, but thought, what the heck. Nature created this, too. So, I've decided to intertwine my creative talents in the kitchen and behind the lens. No photoshop here, just Mother Nature and myself in harmony. BTW, the fajitas were awesome!!! I made enough to feed me for 3 days. They were equally good, each and every day. YUM! Check out Roger's Creative Photography Contest and the other entries here.

My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens................


Gerbera Daisies

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Sammy