Friday, May 29, 2009

Beautiful Plumerias....Blooming!

{ Click the photo and smell the fragrance... }


{ Click on the photo and you can feel the drops of water... }


It sure makes all the weeding worth it...I keep fertilizing and weeding and planting the plumerias in larger pots and now I get to enjoy this all summer long. This is only the beginning and I stil have 3 more colors that are to bloom...Red, mini-pink and multi-colored...And don't forget the white one's that I posted last week, they're the biggest and most fragrant. In case you don't know, plumerias are from Hawaii...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Save the Date for Niki's Shower...

{ Click the invite and hear the rattle ring!!! }

Here's a small card that I created to remind everyone to keep this date open...It's at Lupe's home in West Covina and it should be lots of FUN!!! Sorry. it's for girls only... But I'll be there taking lots of fotos...

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Guerrilla Lighting??? Fun Class...

{ Christie smiling...Studio lighting... }
{ Studio lighting, Christie in wedding gown...}


{ Christie, outdoor Guerrilla lighting... }


{ Christie...sun is down... }


Took one of the best classes that I have taken to date...Ben Chen is a noted photographer and he works in a fast-paced method, Guerrilla-mode. It was all hands-on with very little theory. Boy was it fun! We all learned quite a bit and these photo's are proof....Hope you enjoy them.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Flores Rojas...Que maravilla!!!

{ Just a bunch of RED somethings...Scarlet Trumpet Vines }


{ Here's a close-up...found them in the alley behind Station #1 }


{ Just a small perfume odor...I think the hummingbirds "Love" it... }

When retuning from a call at the station, we ran across these walls of color. I don't think that I have ever seen this much glory in the 7 years that I have been here...Maybe it's just my new camera that makes me appreciate everything just a bit more! If you know what they are named please let me know...

Right now they're just Flores Rojas...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Feliz Dia de las Madres...Happy Mother's Day

{ My Mom and Me....}


{ My Mom and Lupe...}



{ Sunny California Sunset and beautiful plumerias, they're blooming!!!...}

We had a great time celebrating Dia de las Madres, at Lupe and Jesse's home in West Covina. My Mom made stuffed meatballs for dinner. I know it sounds Italian but it's really not, it's an old recipe from my Tia Margarita. It was a slow day and my Mom was sun-burned since she spent the day before in 29 Palms at Yoli's house...110 degree weather and the wind burned her face.