Mom and Her Prince Charming

In November of 2006 my parents came out for a visit and we headed out to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Very pretty though a bit more expensive than the Georgia Botanical gardens (which are free!!!) They have many a pretty flower and sculpture for you to see. Mom say this guy sitting on a bench and fell in love with it running over to get her picture taken--I hope my dad wasn't too jealous. :) I love the smile on my mom's face in this shot :)

Water Lillies Everywhere!!!

Back to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens for today's post. There were many a pretty water lily in bloom throughout the gardens and I captured several..here are a few for your enjoyment :)

Red, White, Yellow, and Green

A little change of pace today. We will get back to Africa soon enough but I had the chance to take a whole lot of pictures at the Atlanta Botanical Garden this past weekend. Of course, if I am going to a botanical garden I will have my camera and often take lots of pictures. Sometimes I get some good ones and other times not so much. This was a good trip in that I managed to get 4 or 5 ones that I really like. This one was fun because I didn't think I had captured the picture so I didn't really remember/note it. When I was going through the pictures that night I came across thsi one and was pleasantly surprised! Always nice to find one that you didn't think was going to work. I like the focus and the subject of course, and the diagonal line of the stem is a nice entrance to the picture. What I like best though is the delineation of the color. The red, white, yellow, and green are all such strong colors, especially against the blurred, dark background, and they are so tightly restricted to small, distinct areas. Me like!