D201 - Flower fun

Sara loves her flowers, ever since she was big enough to pick a flower we would find wilted flowers in hers and our own pockets that she would try to save. It's funny to watch her make up names for flowers she doesn't know and talk about how these flowers are needed for her dogs birthday party.  Everyday is something different.

Enjoy.

Ja mata, Brian. ...Oh, I failed trying to jump rope yesterday, even smacked myself in the back of the head with the rope. Absolutely awesome. Of course I will try again, odd, I don't remember it being that difficult.

D198 - Perfect day

Perfect day for a wedding that is. Today wasn't too hot, had enough cloud cover to make the sky look interesting, and there was a nice breezes that would cool us off. We stopped off in a garden to capture a few images so I grabbed a few of the flowers to the image of the day. I was worried about getting stung by all the bees, but was lucky they were too busy collecting pollen.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

D184 - Garden

It was a scorcher today, even at 9am. I was at the Akron Zoo's garden when the image below was captured. While there, I met a couple that had just moved back to Ohio from West Virginia taking note of the different flower names. Out of curiosity, I asked why they were writing down the names. They told me their new home came beautifully landscaped, but they didn't know what type of flowers were planted. So they were seeing how many flowers they could identify with all the ones listed at the zoo. It's looked as if they were on a very fun scavenger hunt. Sometimes Zoo are not always about the animals.

Enjoy

Ja mata, Brian

D160 - Flower Time

By special request of Sara this morning: 'Daddy, can you put this flower on your computer? ' Of course I can! The flower was from her graduation. This weekend we are going to plant a few flowers as well to see if either one of us has a green thumb. Sara don't believe she has one, I asked her about it and her reply was "That's just silly! my thumb isn't Green it's brown and peach!" Looks like I have my work cut out for me.

Enjoy.

Ja mata, Brian

D145 - Pre-dandelions

The joys of these 'make-a-wish' flowers, you pick one up,make a wish in your mind, and then try to clear the seeds from the them. Pretty ingenious Mother nature, I don't know many kids that pass by these and do not try to pick them up. This would include Sara, who finds it more entertaining to sneak up behind me and blow those seeds into the side of the face. The fun part of all of this is those flying seeds make me sneeze, so when Sara gets her wish, I looking  silly sneezing all over the place. Usually, I just need to make sure there a Clariton close by that I can pop.

Enjoy.

D120 - Jungle

Taking a break plan a lot of research and planning for a trip to the jungle, as Sara calls it. Really it's just a trail in Kent, but I'm not going to bust her bubble. In the jungle we picked flowers, walked the jungle, jerked back as little flying bugs constantly flew in our face, smacked mosquito off our arms, and climbed up and down countless stairs, it was a blast. In the process we came across some blue flowers, perfect for the photo of the day.

Enjoy

And one extra.

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D112 - Flower Child

I really need to go shoot some more flower close ups, if nothing else Sara likes to pick out flowers at the store. Favorite flowers? Calla Lilly. What's yours?

Enjoy.

Ja mata, Brian

D34 - Broken Petals

Sara wanted a plant from the store, even though her heart was set on a Orchid, she settled on some purple tulips. The deal is as long as she takes care of this plant we can move up to the Orchids. Here is the caveat, grocery store plants are like gold fish, they only survive in store conditions. We have yellow leaves, petals down, and wilted pieces. We are going to have to get better plants for Sara.


Enjoy.

Beth + Scott Married Preview

Here is a sneak peak from yesterday's beautiful wedding with Beth + Scott.

Congratulation and more to come!

Enjoy,
Brian

Trees in Bloom

Just before all the wind and rain hammered us in the past few weeks I captured a few images from my favorite line of trees. I happen to be driving by earlier and saw all of the flowers in bloom, so I parked close by and went shooting. This is reason #168 to keep your camera/gear handy, you never know when you will need it to capture something that might not be there later.

Enjoy -

Brian