Sierra Nevada Mountains in late spring as the snow begins to melt at this elevation

along coast of Lake Michigan

a lovely and unique treasure discovered while roaming the hawaiian rainforest

this was captured at the International Rose Test Gardens in Oregon where they have thousands of well cared for roses.

since we did not get the chance to place one of our camera's onto NASA's deep space probe, we went with the next best thing... we photographed a piece of tile from Home Depot. yes, this is looking at only 0.4% of a 3/4-inch piece of glass tile that to the naked eye, looks clear dark brown (like coca-cola) with gold glitter streaking through. zooming in, revealed the gold specs to be sharply formed pyramids that reflected light very well. as the glitter streaked through the depths of the tile, it resembled an asteroid field with more colour and beauty than if we went with the NASA probe (mission accomplished).

Ka'anapali Beach is famous for it's gentle shallow waters and beautiful ocean sunsets like this one.

huge canopy over Japanese garden creating a perfect balance of shade and sun for comfort.

the American side of Niagara Falls