SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN for THURS. DOORS this week!
What a heritage believers have in the cross.
(this is not a painting:)) Here, on a wooden background of
the door or my big art studio when we lived in N. California
One Word Sunday, Weekly Smile
It has been cold, close to zero, but I wished snow would fall.
Often, like in my previous back yard!
Makro-Tex: Weather
One of the many orchids in the botanical building in Balboa Park, San Diego
FOTD. Garden Affair, Floral Fri Foto
And below, since I needed a wordless capture,
a small bridge in the Huntington Garden Library looking
so compelling that I included it in one of my paintings.
Sundays Best, Wordless Wednesday
Peering in one of the windows of a historical building in Old Town Sacramento
made for a very interesting reflection.
Travel Tue, Weekend Reflection
When living in Northern California, I could take sky pics every day.
It was seldom a blue sky without any pattern.
Sky Watch
MONDAY – Our World * Weekly Smile * FOTD *
TUESDAY – Tue Scribbles* Makro-Tex* Travel Tue* Garden Affair*
WEDNESDAY – Wordless Wed. *
THURSDAY – * Sky Watch *Thankful Thurs.*
FRIDAY – Fri Bliss * Weekend Reflection *
SUNDAY – One Word Sun * Sun Best *
living between two realms 
Oh I love Balboa Park. I go there often! And up north, Old Town Sac is cool too. I’m sure you miss both of those in TX…but they do have awesome bbq there! 😊
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There are many BBQ restaurants here – we still need to find the best one!
Heard there is a botanical Garden in Dallas, but I am waiting to go there in Spring. Yeah, Balboa Park and the Huntington Library Gardens in Pasadena I both miss very much (the last one is so big, we mostly don’t see everything in one day). Have a great week!
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It is cold there!! That reflection image is really neat showing the past and present day reflected on top it. Pretty cool!
Stay warm!!
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Thank you Deborah – one of these happy accidents! Here it’s cold too, and the humidity makes it feel colder than it really is.I miss my wood stove – so much warmer than central heat.
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Oh yes! I was enjoying my daughter’s wood stove yesterday and this morning. They are nice!
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That’s a beautiful cross and I liked the photo of the snow. Needless to say, none of that here. 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend, Jesh.
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Yeah, no snow here either, although ti’s cold. These photos were taken when living in Pioneer. Every winter we had snow (no complaint here, snow makes me think of my childhood, and it’s very easy to take beautiful images) , although the real estate agents made it all sound like it was hardly worth it. The last winter we were out of power 4 times because of it!
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Janet, it’s still amazing to me how happy I was to see snow back in living conditions after 40 years. Of course it helped to use it as a subject to photograph. Here in Texas i rather do not have snow, for our central heat is not warm at all (am having my heaviest sweaters on while in the 50ties!)
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That second shot is stunning! Great work!
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Thank you Lydia. Went to your blog, am glad you are not worried about covid. I read that in the UK they made the decision to treat it the same way as the (winter) cold. I hope they’ll soon be as smart here! /
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beautiful photos #traveltuesdaymeme
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Went to your blog, and I love your interest in travel! You have been to beautiful places!
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Thanks for stopping by
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Lovely!
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Your snow captures are out of this world!
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Really like the capture of the 2nd photo. Have a happy week.
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Reconnecting with living in snow after my growing up years in the Netherlands was a great inspiration! And it helped we had about 60 trees higher than 60 feet on our property.
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The wooden door and the cross are beautiful. It looks cold in the second photo.
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Thank you Kirsti. Yes, in the second photo we lived at 3000 feet – not as cold probably as where you live now:)
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Nice photos, quite a variety of places, textures, and atmosphere.
I particularly liked the little bridge.
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Thank you Amanda – the shadows gave it a great overall mood!
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That photo of the snow-covered tree with green grass under it is magical! It reminded me of Tolkien’s “the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
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Impressive you quoted Tolkien:} So that means not only do you love to travel, you also love reading!
I knitted a scarf last year with the quote “not all who wander are lost.”
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I love it when people recongize quotes I love (though it doesn’t happen often…), for you to actually knit the very same quote… How marvelous it is to find a kindred soul! You are correct, I do, very much, enjoy both 🙂
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Beautiful pics! Looks like you are missing California terribly.
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So true, I miss the weather and the landscape, but it was just too tough on hubby with keeping up the grounds of our property there. We just looked – it increased a 100K in value in 1 and 1/2 year – that’s how crazy it is with houses in California.
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The snowfall pic is stunning and so is the sky.
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Many thanks, Riitta. They’re happy memories for me.
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Lovely pictures once again, the orchid looks like it’s singing!
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It surely could be (that the orchid is singing:))
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Great streaky clouds.
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Wonderful photos. I love the cross.
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Went to your blog, and I love the art you are showing!
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The cross on that door is beautiful, Emille. I’ve been to Balboa Park, but almost twenty years ago. I’m not sure I’ll get back, but the memory will stick with me.
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Thank you Dan. Balboa park undoubtedly added some things. The road up to that big fountain is my favorite part, as well as the botanical building and the open air concert space..
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What a beautiful photo of the snow coming down (photo #2). Al least I think that’s a photo. Looks a little like a painting.
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I know, that’s why the text underneath is “it’s not a painting.” Guess I was early yesterday, because you had not linked to Sky Watch yet.Now I’m off to your blog!
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What a perfect cross for that door. They complement each other!!
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Sorry, I wish that were the door, but since it is a metal barn, it was a plain white door, so I had hubby make this for me as a background for the cross:)
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Good collection of photos. Like the snowfall picture.
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Wow, I am enamored to have a blogger living in the North say this – thank you!
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Greetings and Salutations! I really, really, really like that second photograph.
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Wished you had your last few images on your blog larger – they were so stunning!!!
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Your photo of the snow covered tree is beautiful! The orchid too.
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Thank you Lisa. Never thought I would be homesick for the snow:):)
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Nice post! I would love to see snow but that’s not going to happen around here.
I just realized that I have never been to Sacramento.
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Except maybe for Old town, you have not missed much James. For a capitol city, it’s more like a town, inconspicuous!
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Lovely orchids, Great shots of snowfall. Thanks for sharing with Garden Affair.
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Thank you Arun – am telling several here that I am homesick for the snow:) Thanks for hosting!
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The door and the bridge are really beautiful.
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Thank you Teresa -it looks you like historic things:):)
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Lovely photos and I really like the reflective shot with the old/new in combination. Very creative! Thanks for linking up.
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The tree in snow is a beautiful image and I love that Old Town Sacramento window shot.
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