Day 431

Today, we went to Busch Gardens. The butterflies and flowers were abundant.

Day 429

Today, we had more rain off and on...but mostly on. There was a break in the rain while we were dining. There were beautiful puffy clouds for a little while, before the rain started again. My husband drove us today, so I got to play with taking photos of the raindrops on the windshield.

Day 428

Today, we had rain off and on through out the day. I was a companion and passenger today, with my husband. This makes for fun photo taking in the car, of the rain on the windshield and blurred trees in the background. We stopped in Carytown for lunch, but parked in the neighborhood behind it, where there were many beautiful wet flowers.

Day 426 - Independence Day

After enjoying the holiday with some friends, we enjoyed a beautiful sunset on the way home.

Day 423

After leaving a restaurant we ate dinner at, I noticed how nice the clouds and moon looked.

Day 422

Today, we went to see a movie. Afterwards, the sky was overcast with the sun peaking through the  layered clouds. If you look closely in the 2nd photo, you can see the circle of the sun.

Day 421

The sky by our favorite little Italian restaurant always has the best sunsets.

Day 420

Today was my friend Elizabeth's birthday. We went to Maymont for a bit. While laying under a large shady tree, I took a few photos of some sunlit leaves.

Day 418

While we were traveling from Philadelphia, PA to Richmond, VA, the clouds were beautiful and fluffy. I took photos of these amazing clouds while riding in the car. Some of them come out as a complete surprise, as photographing while not looking at my view finder (camera pointed up at the sky and sun) and in a moving car is difficult.

Day 417

Today, John and I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art while the Scalin family headed to a different museum and the Eastern State Penitentiary. On the way to our destination, we came across a small butterfly garden. There were two wrens being noisy. After observing them, I realized it was a mother bird feeding a baby bird bread. Behind them were tall lilies and even taller sky scrapers.

Also in the garden were a few beautiful pigeons. The photograph doesn't capture the irridecent purple and teal of their wings.

Later, before we headed to dinner with the Scalin family, rain started pouring down. This is our hotel window.

The rain had stopped by the time we returned back to our hotel room. The clouds were breaking up, which allowed the full moon to shine through.

Day 416

Today, my husband and I headed to Philadelphia, PA to meet up with the Scalin family for Noah's birthday, and Skull Appreciation Day on Monday. The clouds were beautiful on the way there. There was a clear sky with a full moon at night.

Day 414

While waiting for a table at Denny's, for breakfast, I took some photos of the clouds.

Day 413

Our friends had a baby, so we went to go visit the happy family in the hospital. Afterwards, Alex and I admired this wonderful sunset and whipped clouds.

Day 412

We had a picnic at Maymont for our daughter's birthday. While laying under a large shady tree, I took a few photos of this majestic tree.

Day 411

Tonight the sun was glowing behind some clouds. While taking photos of the beautiful sky, I noticed the sun was bright and round vs, just a bright blur. The 1st and 2nd photo were taken at a restaurant while we were waiting for our pizza to arrive at the table. The 3rd photo was after dinner, at the beginning of sunset.