Agate Girl

This was the very first photo I thought of when I heard our assignment. I took this in the art museum in Budapest; I had paid for being able to tote my camera with me. Of course I could use no flash and this 19th-century artist's work was in a corner. I was so pleased that my setting worked! It appears the girl is examining gems, being as she has adorned herself with some of them and she is inside. But I LOVE to collect agates from the beach, so I have named her "Agate Girl" because her demeanor and her treasures are exactly how I look at and feel about agates.

Poppy, backlit

The weather in Salt Lake was ideal this last week while I was there. This poppy was sunbathing on Temple Square.

Pear blossoms in Utah

The pear trees right now in the Salt Lake valley are at their prime. I was so lucky to be there this last week.

Dew on peachy tulip

Spring in the Northwest is the best of all. It has to be the water!

Johnie Jump-up, center

Johnie Jump-ups are much smaller than pansies and I love their eyelash centers; as delicate as a spider web. Mother Nature is a make-up artist!

New blossoms; new snow level

Sunday morning and another new snow level! But it is okay with me because we are surrounded by spring colors in all the blooming trees.

Assignment: Movement

I have to cheat on this week's assignment because I can't take a fresh photo this week. I am leaving town early tomorrow and will not have access to be able to post a blog. This was taken last week though. The rest of the assignment photos are from my files.