Jack Frost was here

This image I took after there was a heavy frost on the ground.  The morning sun was coming up so I decided to go outside and set the camera on a paver stone that was sunk in the gound.  I was hoping to catch a little Jack Frost on the blades of grass.  I did not get down on my hands and knees to take the picture.  I did bend over and grunt while trying to take a peek at the display on the camera.  As I was grunting, I did get a few shots of the frost and I did not notice the droplet of water but thought somehow that the droplet of water was on my camera lens not on the blade of grass.  When I downloaded the images, I realized it was not on my lens but actually on a blade of grass.  It's the simplicity of the one single dew drop with the reflection of the grass in the droplet make it a grand photo for me!  I totally love it!  Click on the images to see the detail of both!

Leonardo da Vinci – “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

A WOW SUNRISE

This colorful, spectacular and dramatic sunrise brought forth a huge verbal WOW from my mouth!  There was a warm orange glow towards the horizon, which made the whole sunrise truly captivating. 


While sitting there by myself, I enjoyed the entire amazing sunrise show with a big smile and was wondering what other audience was taking it all in as well.  Was anyone one else seeing and enjoying this beauty with a smile on their face like me?

One smile becomes the place of many words...


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Enjoying the early morning perks...

So this was one of the first vacations where I did not have to get up at the crack of dawn in order to secure a chaise lounge to lay on for the entire day.  There were ample amounts to choose from even up to ten o'clock.


On previous vacations, in order to claim temporary property on my chaise lounge for the day, there is usually a little bit of work .  Typically at any of the hotel/resorts that I have stayed at in Mexico, I have to wake up earlier than I normally would at home so that I can rush down to the pool or beach, tie my beach towel on the chair and throw my flip flops on top of the towel.  The other grueling task if you are staying at a all-inclusive resort is that they typically make you sign up in the morning with your restaurant of choice for that evening in order to make sure you are eating at a fancier "on site restaurant" verses the "hotel buffet."  You must make damn sure that you don't hit the snooze button in order to make the reservation list!  I know, it sounds like I am talking crazy talk, but it is the truth I tell you!  Resorts should promote a new marketing idea...."come to our resort where you can be assured you'll have a wonderful meal and a relaxing seat on the beach without out the stress of having to reserve it in advance....we'll do it for you!  With this vacation perk promotion.... you get to sleep in on your vacation!"


The fact that I did not have to rise early for all this hoopla and actually got to sleep in on my vacation this time around was a new concept for me!  So the drawback of not having to arm wrestle someone for a morning chair was a small shock to my system and secondly, being able to sleep in meant that I missed a lot of beautiful early morning sunrises!    


So on my last day of vacation, I was awake fairly early as the hotel bed was giving me a backache.  The whole week the bed was comfortable so this must of been a sign of destiny to make me rise for the occasion.  Instead of just laying there in pain, I decided to get up and check out what was going on down at the beach.  I am so glad I did as someone was enjoying the sunrise without me! I almost missed this amazing *CSD moment with my camera as it was cold enough in our room with the air conditoner running that when I brought the camera outside to take a picture, the lens would not "defog". Eventually it did and I was able to capture this moment. I really did not see this gentleman enjoying the sunset until I zoomed in. I kind of felt like a eavesdropper on his moment of enjoyment, but heck, it was totally worth it. LOL


This shot was taken from the Fusion Hotel in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.  

Take pleasure in the simple things in life.


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Peaceful and Serenity

This image of a sunrise was unbelievably striking with the fog floating in the air.  An immediate CSD moment, I am glad that I got up early enough to see it and catch it's beauty.  The fog just gives it such a dramatic feel.   I have to admit that I feel an intense peace in the earth with this photo opportunity.  Makes me want to say A-MEN!

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

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