Summer Skies

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If you ever peek into my camera, you’ll notice a lot of pictures of the clouds above.

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Sometimes Sunny skies.

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Sometimes Thunderstorms.

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I’ve always been a bit of a weather-nerd. I hope to one day photograph a Super-cell.

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It keeps me looking up though.

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and my eyes gazing on the horizon.

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Sneak Peek Pics

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We have had a few adventures this month, and I’ll have the posts up soon.

Well as soon as the kiddos will let me post them.

Tropical Trees and Flowers

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How I wish I could grow tropical flowers in the Midwest…

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And Palm Trees too.

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A sandy beach view from my backyard would be really nice.

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I snapped this one in the middle of the day, there was plenty of shade under this big tree.

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The Palms are just too beautiful.

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There were also tropical blooms in so many gorgeous colors.

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Bright red.

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And Sunny Yellow.

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These trees lined our favorite park…

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These beautiful blooms lined a rooftop.

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The park was amazing, full of palm trees and succulents too.

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Large blossoms…

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And teeny-tiny ones.

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Exotic succulents.

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And a beautiful waterfall view…

If only this could be my garden.

Stuck Behind A Train

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Thade hates to wait… He hates to wait at stop lights, at a drive-thru, and behind the dreaded train…

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I see the little wait as an opportunity to take some pictures.003

He still wasn’t too happy about the wait…

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My camera was happy though.

The Lucky Animals

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I can’t leave the Island behind just yet…

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I was looking back through the photos, and thought I would share some pictures of the lucky animals that call Waikiki Beach home.

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I loved the tropical fish that we saw on the submarine.

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This bird was attempting to “catch” a koi fish.

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The Koi were beautiful.

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The penguins were funny in their Hotel habitat.

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There was even a lucky little turtle living among the penguins.

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Another Koi “hunting” bird.

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Pink Flamingos that were not quite awake.

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Really, really, really lucky (and cute) penguins.

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A little bird and tiny lizard hanging out at the Tropics.

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This little bird at the Tropics was snacking on someone else’s breakfast.

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One of my favorite animal pics, this little bird looks so serene.

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There were loud macaws.

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And cute little ducks.

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They spent their time splashing in the Koi ponds.

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Yep, those are some lucky little animals…