February 25, 2010

Disneyland: A Different View

Those of you who know me, or have read this blog for a while, know that I am totally obsessed with Disneyland. I can't help it :) You also know that I always come back with 500 photos to show you, and you are probably sick of seeing Mickey and Minnie on floats. This time I wanted to try something different. I haven't given my macro lens much love so I wanted to experiment with it as well as test out my new filter on my other lens. I hope you enjoy my little experiment!

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My sister's favorite Disney movie of all time is Peter Pan. When we went to Disneyland as a kid she would make us ride Peter Pan 500 times in a row. (It's funny because now I'm a huge Tinkerbell fan, and I hated everything Peter Pan as a kid. Read the book, you get a totally different perspective on Tinkerbell and it made me fall in love with her!) I've always been fascinated by the railings in the queue. Just look at that wood grain!

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I am in LOVE with this mailbox. Maybe it's the color? I might need my own one day, in the exact same color!

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So, what did you think?

February 17, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everybody! I hope you all had as good of a day as I did!

My hubby is so silly. After making breakfast he cut the toast to look like hearts. (AWW). And, why yes. I do love my eggs scrambled, over cooked, and browned. It's really the only way to eat eggs. Well, unless you make it a omelet. But that's a whole other story....

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This year we were going to have a "Shoestring Valentines". So in honor of that we only used gift cards and memberships the whole day. So we headed to the LA Zoo! It was a beautiful day, I swear the high was in the 90's, which made for a fantastic day!

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We ran across this beautiful peacock while attempting to take a short cut.

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I tried taking some "artsy" pictures instead of my usual 500 animal pictures.

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I'm apparently a sucker for animals that look like little rats. All day I couldn't stop pointing out the cute rat looking animals. Like the meerkats. This little guy stole my heart.

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Look at him! Just sitting there chilling. Acting like no one is looking at him.

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Ok, maybe he did notice ....

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Then there are the prairie dogs. This little guy came right up to me and sat there. I'm telling you, he was asking to have his picture taken!

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There was also this little guy. I'm not sure what he is, but he sat here until I was done taking his picture. Then a family showed up behind me and he ran away. So cute!

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And last but not least, a little texture shot to end the day!

What did you do for Valentine's Day?

February 10, 2010

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Once again it's been a crazy rainy week here in SoCal! The downside... well rain. The upside... pretty rain droplets! I took a chance and ventured right outside our doorway to get some pictures of my potted plants. Then I ran back inside as quickly as possible :)

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