Autumn is Here!

I recently shot these at my favorite local haunt in our area where the sights, sounds and smells of Autumn are in the air!

Peonies!

I love everything about the peonies.  I love it's appearance but I especially love that God created them in such a way that in order for them to open a little ant has to come along and eat off the gummy stuff that keeps them shut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My daughter saw the above orange flower hanging out by itself in the peonies' field along with some of these other beautiful flowers (and even beautiful weeds) and she altered the shot and made it look like a painting. I thought it was very unusual and beautiful. This is what it looked like originally.

 

 

 

 

On my way home from the shoot, I saw these fantastic creatures!

 

 

 

Water Lilies

I've been working to finally get through my owners manual for my Canon Rebel.  It's been fun to experiement with shooting manually rather than always using the automatic setting which, up until now, is basically how I've been shooting my pictures. These are some of my first efforts shooting manually.

The colors of a water lily are extrodinary.  I marvel at the amazing colors God has seen fit to bestow upon us for His glory and our enjoyment.

Sarris's Ice Cream Parlor, Pittsburgh, PA

While recently in Pittsburgh, Ron found this great local haunt to take us too...

 

 

While on this trip, I have been reading The Parish Papers, which is a trilogy of Christian novels, written by George MacDonald.  He says, "A woman ought to love her child because it is her husband's more than because it is her own, and because it is God's more than either's."