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I have a NEW daughter-in-law and a few NEW pics of her sunflowers

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Hello everyone!  Well, my son’s wedding day was wonderful and I have a sweet NEW daughter-in-law!  Yeah!  Everything went well and the happy couple are back from a short get-away and are now settling into their cute little apartment.  Life is fun!

I was lucky and got to take some of the flowers home after the wedding reception and so, you know…I had to take some pics!  Here are a few:

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Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW! 

Update:

If interested here’s a site with gorgeous sunflower photography and the history of the sunflower too!  Visit History For Today.

Miscellaneous Monday…NEW random stuff i gotta share

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Happy Monday! I took this very random photo of this couple enjoying the scenery during our recent trip to Zion National Park.  Just something about them caught my eye.  Then I wondered if it would qualify for the Split-Second Story Photo Challenge which sounded like a fun NEW challenge to participate in.

Another NEW random thing….I recently learned about two (NEW to me) vegetables that I’d never heard about before.  I learned about  MORINGA on a YouTube video here and Wikipedia here; and DIACON here and here.  Have I been living under a rock?  I’ve got to see if I can find these two veggies in my area.

And lastly, I found a NEW and very interesting form of art: Shadow Painting.  Very cool!  Who thinks of these things?!?!!!

Have a great day!  Do or learn something NEW!

a NEW iPhone Friday Photo

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Happy Friday!  I’ve been taking photos with my phone while out running errands again.  This one was at Lowe’s in the garden center.  I hope you’re not getting tired of my NEW waterlogue app creations…cuz I’m sure not!  It’s SO fun!

Have a great day! Do or learn something NEW!

You can see my other Waterlogue creations HERE and HERE :o)

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

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I’ve loved browsing through many or YOUR Cee’s Foto Challenges….and now I finally have an entry.  I’m Cee’s NEW-est participant!  This little guy was posing for us on one of our hikes in Zion National Park.  Sadly, I think he must be used to tourists feeding him…what do you think?

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Have a great day!  Do something NEW!

 

a NEW majestic discovery

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Hi all!  Well we’ve been away to Zion National Park for the last three days and had a good time hiking some NEW trails and visiting extended family that we haven’t seen for many, many years.   I’ll post some pics from some of our hikes later, but today I’ve got to tell you of our NEW majestic discovery.  There’s a very unassuming exit on Interstate 15 in Southern Utah that says ‘Kolob Canyon – Scenic Drive’.  We’ve passed by that exit sooooooo many times!!!  Here is the view from the freeway:

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Yeah, now you know why we’ve never stopped, right!?!  BUT if you travel just a couple of miles west of Interstate 15, you’d have the view of the top photo….and if you actually take the scenic drive, here’s just one of the views of the very majestic canyon walls you’d see:

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Now not all ‘scenic drives’ are created equal.  But…when you’re in Southern Utah, be sure to take the Kolob Canyon scenic drive.  It’s only five miles out of your way and TOTALLY worth the effort!  It’s actually part of Zion National Park, but on the very north end and not accessible through the main park.

Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!