Balboa Park

Need a little inspiration and color in your life?  An escape from the routine?  On a vacation this past summer, we went to San Diego for a week.  While there, we stopped at Balboa Park in San Diego.  Here are some unique shots of the artists and their works around this magnificent and botanical haven.

I love color.  In this pic, I try out a beard and kinda like it.  LOVE this garden art.

I felt like I was in the Wizard of Oz.  Where are the munchkins?  Well after reading Wicked, I'd rather not meet these disturbing little individuals. 

There are a lot of garden ideas at this park like from the pic below.  Check out this cool idea...

Magnify your flowers!!!

I had a blast playing around with this garden art and my camera.  People were looking at us funny, but we had fun taking the shots.:)

If you love gardens, there are several. 

If you love art, it's all over.

                                       These tree roots were cool and reminded me of Lord of the Rings

There were vases of flowers.

Statues....

Lily ponds!!!

It was an eyefull of color and fun.  Bring your camera and spend a day at the zoo or just walk around the park.  Either way, it's a win win:) 

This is a free plant exhibit of tropical plants.

Make sure you sit outside and have some lunch along the waterway.

Once inside, I felt like I was back in Panama.

Bromeliads....

Orchids....

Ficus trees!  Oh My!!

A must see if you're going to San Diego.

"Passing By"

The name of the game today is "Passing By".  On our trip this past summer from Tucson to San Diego, we took the long, and sometimes boring trip on Highway 8 to the Pacific Coast. To make it more exciting, I brought my camera.  The rules for this photography game were simple.  One person drives and the other person snaps pictures.  You can't stop the car or get out of the car BUT you can take pictures from your seat.  Rolling down the window is okay:)  Over the past couple weeks, you've seen some of these "passing by" shots at 1 PM each day.   I'm working on my photography now to improve my work on this blog.

The Imperial Sand Dunes near Yuma

 The Imperial Sand Dunes outside of Yuma.....

 As we entered El Centro, bales of hay were everywhere.

Green, yellow, golden bales of hay.

As we left the El Centro area and entered Alpine.  Trucks could be seen transporting the hay through the windy roads of Highway 8.

As we got higher.....

Massive giant windmills towered over cars and mountain ridges.....

And that's "Passing By".