And Then She Walked Along the Shore

This is part two of my camping weekend blog. The first blog - Miss Me??? - was the fun pictures of our zany little family at play. This segment shows the more sophisticated side of camping. It's the morning walks along the lake shore, scavenging for interesting things to photograph. I thought the pictures would be just like the last camping trip, since we were in the same spot, but the lake has changed even from October. Sadly, the water level still continues to go down and the shore moves out further and further. I actually did add some from last trip that I never shared.

Some days were foggy and mystical.

Misty Morning

On The Rocks

Lonely Boats

The Fog

Eerie Tree

A Quiet Cove

Ducks on the Wing

A Gray Day

Then others were clear and crisp.

Shades of Blue

A Super Stick

A Beautiful Silhouette 

Fallen Log

An Old Mooring

Finding finds

Buried Treasure

Birds of a Feather

A Mountain on a Rock

An Eel Eating Seaweed?

Different Graffiti

Mud Packed on Rock

Purple Shells

One man's trash...

Is Another Girl's Art

Black and White Tin

I also took several shots of the beautiful trees around our campsite and played with different editing styles for interest.

Beautiful Tree

A Natural Archway

Veins and Arteries

Like a Pencil Drawing

Road to Nowhere

I do enjoy my walks in nature.

Miss Me???

It has been quite some time since I last posted. Let me tell you, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. I did a really fun family photo shoot (which I can't wait to post on my Facebook page). I had unexpected company for five days. I was editing and then reediting pics that got mysteriously deleted. I had to work on my usual day off in order to go on a glorious camping trip. We had different company another weekend and went on a family Disneyland trip. And probably a couple of other things that I can't even remember. Unfortunately, the blog had to go on the back burner. But I missed it, how about you? Did you even notice I was gone???

So, about that camping trip...well, let me regale you with some of our fun times we had.

First, we set up camp under the beautiful big trees. Well, Shaun and Cheryl did. We just came a little later and enjoyed.

Chateau Yen under the Oaks

Cheryl and Shaun rented a boat and we went fishing on the lake.

Alex drove.

Captain Alex

Riley hid.

Stow Away

Zach enjoyed.

First Mate

We headed to our favorite fishing spot and, then, we caught. Billy had the first catch of the day.

One Wide-Mouthed Bass

How about them catfish?

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty.

We caught a couple more and then...

Billy caught a stick

and we decided to call it a day and we headed home.

With the Wind Whipping Through our Hair

And leaving churning waters in our wake.

A Little White Water Action

There were some bright boats on the dock.

Like Floating Crayons

We cleaned...well, Shaun did. Cheryl and Shaun each caught a catfish and Billy caught a perch along with his wide-mouthed bass.

Hello There

Billy tried his hand at ventriloquism.

"Don't Eat Me!"

Then thanked his dummy

Kiss-a-me

We cooked. Sauteed, grilled with veggies and fried....mm-mmmm!!

Three Different Ways

We ate. That was some good eatin'!

We made Fishy, all Gone!

We did arts and crafts.

Rock Painting

Check out that New York Strip Steak

The bluebirds were quite bold. As were the mice or whatever creature it was that ate through our pantry while we were gone fishing...oops!

Pretty Bird!

We went into town and went to Mortensen's Bakery for some goodies.

Pistachio, Marzipan and Chocolaty goodness

I always find something interesting to shoot in Solvang.

Cool Flower

We ventured into the vineyards

Patchwork Hills

Wouldn't you love to look out from your picket fence and see this?

A Garden with a View

Did a little wine tasting at our favorite winery, Kalyra.

Our Newest Wine Thieves

Okay, maybe a lot of wine tasting.

Two-Fisted Drinker

What a great weekend! I didn't even post my artsy fartsy nature pics. Maybe that will be next week's blog. We'll see what Billy has to say about it.

This is him trying to look tough

Sorry, not buying it.