Fall Creek and the Snake River

Let me just mention how grateful I am to live where I do.  There are so many beautiful places to visit and photograph.  A few weeks ago we took a Saturday afternoon drive to Fall Creek.  Last year for Christmas my husband got a book form his brother-in-law that tells about some amazing back country drives.  This was one of those.  We had driven basically around it a million times.  But who knew there was this beautiful creek that empties into the Snake River by way of this amazing waterfall.  We stopped and had a picnic here by Fall Creek.

 Then we stopped at the waterfall.  Honestly, the best way to view the waterfall would be from a boat in the river.  But you get the idea of how pretty it is.

  And if you turn 90 degrees to your right this is the view you get.  Amazing!  No wonder this is a destination for so many people.  But I am lucky enough for it to just be an afternoon drive away.

Ducks and a sunset

Just a few pics I finally got around to playing with.

Fair Entries 2011

These are the pics I entered in the State Fair this year.  I won three ribbons, Two blue and an Honorable Mention

Payette River, Western Idaho

Salmon River, Central Idaho

Stories with Grandma Eva 

Path near Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska

Sunset on the Oregon Coast

Running Eagle Falls, Glacier National Park, Montana 

My Daughter's intense stare

Painting Pumpkins (Honorable Mention)

Sunset near Juneau, Alaska (Blue Ribbon)

Our dog Princess Leia (Blue Ribbon)

Week Eleven

Tailored

1. Made by a tailor; custom-made.

2. Simple, trim, or severe in line or design

As you can see I'm going with a loosely with the first definition.  This is the LDS Temple in San Diego, Ca.  It is hardly simple, but incredibly beautiful and definitely custom-made.  It's architecture is amazing and the grounds match it's beauty.

Next Week:   Honey

Week Ten

Nail

1. A slim, pointed piece of metal hammered into material as a fastener.

2. a. A fingernail or toenail.

    b. A claw or talon.

My daughter and I hopefully polished our toenails the other day.  Maybe, just maybe, it will warm up so we can show them off in more than play shoes before it wears off.

Next Week: Tailored

Week Nine

Light

8. A source of fire, such as a match or cigarette lighter.

This was our campfire from last summer.  I can't wait for summer to get here so we can go again.

Next Week: Nail

Week Eight

Film

1. A thin skin or membrane.

2. A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye.

3. A thin covering or coating: a film of dust on the piano.

4. A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging.

I love the film of this dragon fly's wings I found last summer.

Next Week: Light

I have had to do a little catch up.  Our computer crashed a few weeks ago but I finally have it back.  Luckily we were able to recover things.  So in order to get most of these up I have gone back through the archives.

Week Seven

Deputy

1. A person appointed or empowered to act for another.

2. An assistant exercising full authority in the absence of his or her superior and equal authority in emergencies: a deputy to the sheriff.

3. A representative in a legislative body in certain countries.

My favorite Deputy!

Next Week: Film

Week Six

Income

1. The amount of money or its equivalent received during a period of time in exchange for labor or services, from the sale of goods or property, or as profit from financial investments.

2. The act of coming in; entrance.

The dollar my son just earned after losing his first tooth.

Next Week: Deputy

Week Five

Inevitable

1. Impossible to avoid or prevent.

2. Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable

A sunset near Ketchikan Alsaka.  Nothing is more inevitable than the rising and setting of the sun. 

Next Week: Income

Week Four

Oar

1. A long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat.

2. A person who rows a boat, especially in a race

But I chose to use some artistic license and went with Ore

1. A mineral or an aggregate of minerals from which a valuable constituent, especially a metal, can be profitably mined or extracted (and yes I still stretched a little)

I could not believe all the different colors of rocks that were in Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. 

Next Week: Inevitable

Week Three

Loophole

1. A way of escaping a difficulty, especially an omission or ambiguity in the wording of a contract or law that provides a means of evading compliance.

2. A small hole or slit in a wall, especially one through which small arms may be fired 

3. A small hole or slit in a persons shower curtain through which the shower hook may be inserted. (Yes, I made this up)

I love these shower hooks, and my shower curtain too!

Next Week: Oar

Week Two

Fake

1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham

These are some of the flowers that sit on my kitchen table.  Even though they are fake, they make me smile.

Next Week: Loophole

Week 1

Some of you may have heard of a "Project 365".  Where a person posts a picture every day for a year.  Sometimes they have a theme, sometimes it is random.  I have seen these started many times.  however, I have never seen one finished.  I've thought it sounded kind of fun and would get me out taking pictures more.  Problem is, I fear I would be like all the ones I have seen started before.  So I have decided to do a Project 52.  One a week.  To decide what to post I used a Random word generator, an idea I got from another blog, Only 365 Words.  Sometimes I'll use a new photo, sometimes one from the archives.

So this week's word is Comparing-

1. To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; liken.

2. To examine in order to note the similarities or differences of.

My salt and pepper grinders.  I love the contrast of the two, especially in black and white.

Next week: Fake (I have to add this here because I want to start thinking about next weeks photo, but have to lock myself in so I don't change it if I can't come up with something :) )