Key Lime Cupcakes and a House for Birds

Because everyone deserves a nice place to live.

Wedding on the beach

We went up to Oregon for a wedding on the beach in June.  I think I'm the only Texan who travels 1500 miles North and gets sunburned.  Damn Irish skin.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip:

Driftwood on the beach.

Bench on the dunes overlooking the coast.

Official Ring Security

Reflection of a chandelier in the window.

Good drinks, even better breakfasts.

An aisle of sand.

Boutonniere on the most handsome groomsman.

It's not a beach without a sandcastle.

Just married.

 1/5 sec, f/32, ISO 200

Fun with shutter speeds: 1/250 sec, f/4.8, ISO 200

Flowers, Cats, and Pies

 James had to go to Dallas for a work thing, and I tagged along with my camera and manual for a free stay at a hotel and a chance to learn how to shoot in manual. 

Flowers on the patio of our hotel in Dallas.

Look at me, experimenting with composition!

Close up of an African Daisy from our garden.

Marley is a hoarder.  Specifically a hoarder of personal electronic devices.  If he sees your cell phone on the couch, he will sit on it.

 

And finally, nothing says summer like a strawberry rhubarb pie!

It's like Christmas in June!

I have a new love.  It's small and black and surprisingly heavy for it's size.

 

 I've been saving my pennies for the better part of a year, and now my patience has paid off.

I don't really know what I'm doing yet.  There sure are a lot of buttons and things to figure out.

But I've got my manual, plenty of enthusiasm, and lots of time to learn.