Day 119 ~ More flowers

Busy day....finishes cleaning the house.....and bbq this afternoon! Hope everyone has a great day!

Day 118 ~ Flowers

Here is another flower from our Shasta Lake hike.

I'm still working in the yard. Today ~Mowing! To be quiet honest, I'm dead tired of yard work and I can't wait for Sunday night when I can relax! I'm excited to see everyone but it's also stressful for me because I want everything to be perfect. Five of Chris' family have never been to our house before so that is even more stressful!

As Mother's Day nears I'm getting more disappointed that my mom and Jaylene's other grandma won't be making it to our Mother's Day BBQ. It's hard to explain things to a 10 year old. My sister also could not make it because she is going to days instead of graveyard, starting tomorrow. I'm happy she will finally be able to spend more time with my nephew and might even have her life back. I don't know how she does it. I'm a very proud sister!

Day 117 ~Hearts & Hurts...

This is my boo boo from weedeating my leg.


Well after finishing up the hedges in the front I decided that I was bored with the rounding, or straight line shrub look so I became Edward Scissorhands and made hearts out of our three hedges along the white fence. :) They aren't the best but hey...it's something different! They will be perfect for our Mother's Day BBQ that is on Saturday.

Day 116~

Another flower from the hike. I have a lot of them. I know I haven't taken these pictures each day but I'm too busy with yard work and house cleaning to take photos this week. Chris' parents, Godparents, Noni, Aunt and Uncle will be here Friday/Saturday for a Mother's Day bbq. The yard has to looks it's best!

Yesterday I worked out in the yard for about 8 hours. This morning I am a LITTLE sore. I'm trying to pull up all the grass that is growing in the gravel driveway in the backyard. I also pruned the roses, fertilized the lawn and pulled weeds. Our backyard is pretty huge, I don't mind the work but it does take me a long time! I am grounded from the weedeater, I weedeated my leg. DUH BRE! LOL Today I will be working on trimming the hedges in the front yard, they have these pretty white flowers but they stink! Plus, they make us all sneeze. I'd like to get the backyard flower beds weeded today but I don't know how much my back can handle. My husband has agreed to come home at 1pm everyday this week to help me which is awesome seeing he hates yard work!

Day 115 ~Flowers from Shasta Lake Hike

There are so many different types of flowers that I've never seen before our hike Sunday. I like the vignetting effect on these photos that naturally occurred, so I added more! :)

Day 114 ~Shasta Lake Bailey Cove

HDR~


Shot on the landscape mode, I was trying to understand the shutter speed & exposure stuff....

Jaylene and Whiskey...Jaylene with her goggles on cracks me up! She didn't even go under the water! LOL

As I type I'm processing some HDR's. I did it handheld and that's a story in itself. Only one is good! :( The other HDR's I took didn't turn out too well, too much camera shake.

We had a great time at the lake yesterday! Bailey Cove is a 2.8 mile hike along the McCloud arm of Shasta Lake. With all the rain we have had the lake is five feet from the top! The highest I've ever seen it. Granted we've only lived here for a little over two years. But from what I hear it's great that it is this full! When full it has 365 miles of shoreline and the length of the lake is 35 miles. The deepest part of the lake is 517 feet. Just some fun-filled fact for the day! :)

The first photo is an HDR. We walked the whole trail and I then realized I left my tri-pod at the cove where Jaylene and Whiskey were swimming. So, we ate lunch and walked back to find my tri-pod. Chris had blisters that were bleeding, Jaylene was tired of walking and I was just enjoying the day, so I didn't mind the mile walk back to find my tri-pod...lol We let Jaylene and Whiskey play in the water for another hour. It was a great day!

I will be posting more pictures from Shasta Lake throughout the week. My inlaws are coming in and I have a billion things to get finished! Clean the house, a WHOLE lot of lawn work and I know I won't have time to take pictures!

Day 113 ~ Yesterday's Clouds

Yesterday's clouds were cool! I wish I would have went out on the river at sunset, it would have been beautiful. I saw a bald eagle flying over our backyard today, I ran inside to grab my camera and change my lens, I asked Chris & Jaylene to watch out for the eagle, and of course they didn't! I was sooo upset and disappointed! I wanted to cry! It had to be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen flying! Tomorrow we are heading to Bailey's Cove on Shasta Lake for a hike and to have lunch at the lake, it should be a great day!