Rainbows

 

These picture was taken at my family’s campground during a recent camping trip.  It had rained periodically and during one of the brief storms there was quite a lot of sunlight and someone said “I bet there is a rainbow…” and sure enough – there were two!

Flowers

My aunt received some yellow roses and I snapped a few pictures -- my favorite was this close up.  It really shows the definition of the petals and I even turned this pic into a postcard.

This is a little purple flower that I saw growing all over the place at my family's campground.  It's a very tiny little flower so I got really close and snapped a picture.

This is a beautiful yellow flower growing in my mom's garden.  I love how the deep orange in the center contrasts with the pale yellow of the outer petals. 

Views of Keuka Lake

This is a picture of a serene sunset on Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes, NY.  I recall that it had been a rainy and dreary day the rain stopped but the clouds had lingered in the sky creating a picturesque sunset.

This is essentially the same view -- except it was taken in autumn, a very beautiful time of year in the Finger Lakes.  You can't see them very well but at the bottom of the pic those little brown specs are actually a line of turkeys crossing the field.

Water Falls

This picture is of one of the waterfalls along the Outlet Trail in Penn Yan, NY.  My sister Luella, our friend Mandi, and were hiking the trail and stopped to snap a few pictures.

This is a wider shot of the same waterfall.  It allows you to grasp the scenery around the falls that make them so beautiful and serene.  In the bottom corner you can see my sister and our friend looking out over the barriers to the falls.