California Dreamin' - Part Uno

Over the Christmas break, my hubby (Jerry) and I traveled to the US to visit family.  We spent a few days in Ontario, California with Jerry's dad, sister, and nephew.  We drove out to Huntington Beach for a day.  I took my camera along and found some bright California colors.


Staring at the World from My Home, Little Idaho

 

I went home to Idaho for Christmas this year.  On Christmas Eve, my dad and I went out to Kelly Park to groom the cross-country ski trails.  I snapped a couple landscapes from the snowmobile and from the skis.  On Christmas Day, I woke up to an amazing sunrise and a brutally cold wind.  Oh, and Santa found his way to Idaho and left me some camera equipment, a digital photo frame, and an iPad with a camera connection kit. Sweet!


Barcelona and A. Gaudi

I recently went to Barcelona for a few days and visited some of Gaudi's architectural jewels.  I took a TON of photos.  There are SO many to go through, edit, and and tweak.  It will take me a while, but you can enjoy these in the meantime. More to come later.


What's Occurin' in Wales

In August of 2009, I took a trip to Wales.  My Dad's maternal ancestors, the Ellis family, are originally from Wales, so I wanted to visit their old stomping grounds.  I knew that they had lived in the small town of Llambedr for many generations, so I booked a random B&B in Llambedr for a long bank holiday weekend.  When we arrived, the B&B just happened to be right in front of the church where my ancestors were buried and married.  My hubby and I explored the area and visited a castle or two.  I'm just now getting around to reviewing and editing the photos.  Here's a few of my favorites. 


Cairo

I'm finally going through hundreds of digital negatives from all the trips I went on in the past year or so.  These images are from a trip I took to Cairo in October 2009.  Most of the photos needed touch up work, and I played around a lot with black and white filters.  I also had to go through all of the images with blue skies and remove the sand spots which appeared after a trip to the beach in Barcelona.  I really need to send my camera in to Pentax to get it cleaned.  Anyone want to donate a couple hundred pounds to get the inside of the camera cleaned? Here are a few photos from the trip.