Finding the beauty around you...

In recent weeks I've really been missing the four seasons and the colors of fall

but discovered a different kind of beauty in the Hill Country of Texas.

It may not be the colors I was seeking but while the rest of the country was

getting hit with snowstorms and cold temperatures I was enjoying the beautiful

grasses blowing in the wind....

The monarch butterflies migrating south...

A water lily blooming among the reflections of the trees...

Beautiful rows of flowers thriving despite the drought...

The fields of pinks and golds in the meadow...

And the beautiful blues of Salvia
with the empty rows awaiting Spring.

Seek and you shall discover the beauty all around you....

Two Goons...

{Hays Street Bridge}

Two Goons...
Not really but that's the text I received from the car while trying to scope out night shots at the Hays Street Bridge in San Antonio, Texas.

I've been wanting to shoot this historical bridge for so long and the views are just fantastic so yesterday I finally decided to check this spot out and try to look at the possibilties of a night shoot. Not sure that's going to happen unless I have back-up and body guards. I was able to get 4 shots off before I headed back to the car with seedy looking characters staring down my husband and I and checking out our car. This was the best two shots I got and I'm hoping to figure out a way to return because the possibilities of a fabulous photo are just waiting for me!!!

Capturing moments thru the lens...

{Moments}

I love just randomly stopping and capturing moments thru
my lens and taking note of the details
most would never notice. Photography has brought back the
childhood beauty in everyday life that I somehow lost
along the way...the time when we use to lie in
the grass and just stare at the clouds.
On a recent trip to South Carolina to visit a friend I found those
moments but not in the fabulous shots I was hoping to
compose but in the random shots along the way...

Without my camera I probably would never have taken
note of the water pump in the cemetery...

Or the dandelion on the side of the road...

The magnolia bloom hanging down low enough to
capture up close...

The hydrangea bush next to the park in the small town
of McCellanville...

Or my friend capturing her moment thru the lens...

A Beautiful Tree

Our Girls...

Or my own moment with a dear friend...
Capturing those moments thru the lens freezes
that image in time to revisit a memory
whenever~

Flight of the Black-headed Gull....

{Mustang Island}

Trespassing...

{Fields of Gold}

Driving thru the back roads of South Carolina today we came
upon this field of sunflowers...

Yes, I brake for photo-op's...came to a complete stop and
jumped out of the car and ran into the field to get a few
shots off....

I'm quite sure I was trespassing but this field of gold was
worth it....

{Blossoms in Yellow}

{This Moment}
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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama