Finally, back to Texas - I was lucky enough to visit for a business trip.   Just a few pics of all that San Antonio has to offer....  
      The wonderful Alamo and more.

Tx Music Alamo Tree Alamo walkway Riverwalk Windows Tx Tx courthouse

A beautiful afternoon here in MA - a bunch of us were sitting outside and I thought the water tower would make a neat picture.

Water Tower

to view God's beautiful sceneryPikes Peak

Is it time for a Haircut? already?

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Just looking back & wishing it was that warm and sunny again....

Let's roll around

a rocky walk on the beach

.....the feeling of being in love,

Me & you

and just enjoying the day!
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Me and my sister went to Tuscon back in March - it was absolutely beautiful out there.

Jack Nicholas Golf Course  
 And here's her big wind up......Sister golfing
 I think the ball might of still been there after that swing ;-)

And of course the beautiful mountains in the background
Tuscon mountains

It's that time of year that not only the leaves are changing, but the berries on them are bright and beautiful.  Here are a couple different kinds.
Dogwood Berries Red Berries Tree
Purple Berries
Red berry bush

I came across this fountain - I had never seen one like it.  Here are a couple different views
Old Fountain 1
Single Fountain
Fountain in Sepia

Stone Chess  

Anyone for a game of chess or checkers?

Here are a few pictures of the mallards at Duck Pond.

Mallard up close

Headbutt
Here was a little guy right next to the pond...
Red dragonfly up>

 

This is a beautiful park in the city I live in - Here are just a few pictures:

Trellis Trellis folliage Behind the berries Tree Carvings
Red Berries Tree Been there awhile

Only time for a quick picture.  Saw this cute little guy in the alligator pond at a zoo.  Thought he was just so cute!
Froggie
Can you see him?  ;-)

Here are a couple more pictures of my visit to Spain.
The first group is from Sevilla - a beautiful city. Horse Carriages  The church in the background is where Christopher Columbus's body is entoumbed.

   We walked up the tower that is attached to the church - I thought I would die, but the time we reached the top - here is one of the windows on the way up.
Cathedral Tower window

Here is where an old building once stood overlooking the ocean.
 Stairs

The guys I was with wanted to get a look at the beach..... I wonder why they would want to do that in Europe, so I took a pictures of the boats instead!  

Boats and across from the boats is a fort.

And finally, I was trying to get a picture of the cobblestones, but it came out a little blurrySidwalk & cobblestones

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This next group is from Cadiz
Sevilla

Before I start with my yard pictures, here is the sailboat picture-normal size.Cape Cod Sailing

These are pictures I took in August and some that I took yesterday.  Most of my summer flowers are starting to die and soon I will have pictures of my fall flowers...

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Weeping

I had a basket sitting on our sidesteps and the flowers from our hydrangea bush just happened to fall in the basket.
Hydrangea Basket
 Fern

These are some older pictures that I've taken in the past.  The sailboat was taken on the bay side of cape cod, as well as the Sunset.  

While we were snowmobiling one afternoon, I took this picture of the trail that we had just come down.  Snowmobile Trail
And this last one was actually in New Hampshire near our camp.  Lady Slippers

While in Colorado I visted the Garden of the Gods.  If you've never been there they have beautiful rock formations.  I have been here a couple of times before, but this was the first time I got to see people rock-climbing.   Climbing
This is definitely not for me, but loved watching them.  This is from a couple of years ago, with a basic 35mm, so I couldn't zoom in any better.  

Pictures while walking through the city of Cadiz.Streets of Spain Walkway Gigantic

     This was quite an interesting day for me.  A bunch of friends and I decided to drive up Pikes Peak in Colorado.  I was sitting up front in the passenger seat of the mini van.  As we started to get above the tree line (which is waaaay the heck up there) I started to panic.  We were on a dirt road and drop offs were around every corner.  I could only visualize the van plunging off the side of the mountain, and we still had a ways to go.  At this point I told them to let me out - I would sit in a cluster of rocks and wait for them to continue up and pick me up on the way down.  
     As I was sitting on the rocks - all alone & feeling in the middle of no where (waiting for some phsycho to come along and push me off the mountain), this little guy appeared out of nowhere.  He was so curious and wondering what the heck kind of crazy creature would be sitting up here in his territory.  We eyed each other for a while - he would run around to different rocks trying to get a better view of me.  I was watching him intently waiting for the mountain he would pounce on my face and attack me.  I could see it all happening.....  That hour and 1/2 waiting for the guys to come back down and pick me up was the longest wait!  Not only was the wind blowing up there like crazy, but the few people that did drive by, looked at me like I was crazy.  Sitting along miles up this mountain, basically in the middle of no where - no car in sight.  I figured they thought me and my boyfriend had a fight and he left me there, yet no one offered me a ride or asked if I needed help.  

  So... when I was going through my pictures and saw this little guy - it reminded me of my crazy Pikes Peak day!  

  Obviously none of the crazy things that were going through my mind happened.  Alone

Our Hero
while I was in Spain - a rally was going on in front of a church.  I found the boy to be having a good time & he was so cute holding that sign!