Last weekend it snowed on Valentine’s Day.
This weekend the weather was sunny and gorgeous.
On Sunday the high was 68 degrees.
I broke out my summer cargo pants and we took Miley and Howie to the nature trail for an afternoon hike.
The nature trail is always fun-
there’s a huge lake with ducks & geese that walk right up to you…
…a covered bridge…
…and a 2-mile walking trail around the lake.
I took these pictures with my Sony H20. It’s a compact point-and-shoot: a “throw it in my purse just in case I run into Orlando Bloom” camera. I love it for hiking- I mean, the big camera’s great and all- but my favorite lens weighs about 400 lbs. It’s nice to be able to grab the camera out of my pocket real quick- and not have to lug around the entire stock of B&H Photo when we’re out in the middle of the woods and already trying to wrangle two insane canines (yes, I’m talking to you, M&H!).
It has an “Easy” mode, which basically means all I have to do is turn it on and press the button. Ahhh. :)
My sweet Howie and his reflection.
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On Saturday, we lounged. We opened the windows, shared the recliner and watched The Breakfast Club.
And ate spicy nacho popcorn.
How was your weekend?
wow, your pics taken with a point & shoot camera is amazing! I have a Canon which I love, but, heck, my shots don’t come anywhere near as beautiful as yours. Is there a secret? Composition, lighting? I love photography, but, am terrible at it. love your blog….aloha!
GREAT photos!! Love the two with the sun rays coming down :)
Ugh…the weather here in Nashville has been nuts too…snowing one weekend, then sunny and warm a few days after! We haven’t had so much snow before…at least not in the 10 years I have been here…it’s been fun to see though :)
OK maybe I’m going crazy but I could swear I just saw one of your fonts on a food network commercial. What’s up with that?
I love your pics! I love those pups and I love your camera!
i have been reading your tutorial on uploading cute fonts to my blog. i love how detailed you are in every step. i’m hoping you have a min to help me through what i’m missing.
every single step has been completed and i have tripple checked for typos, none. i have tried a few different fonts just to be sure it is not one specific font not working. this is how they read when i load them onto my webs.com account, peakadee.swf, peajackandjane.swf and a few others. i only uploaded one at a time with the addtional 4 files. it wouldn’t allow me to copy the file so i wrote it down and replaced so it looks as so no typos. any help? it is applied now to my blog and the titles, date and side bars are just blank. i looked through all the FAQ common problems and tried all. the only one i’m not sure about is having the index.htm. is that supposed to be on webs.com too. it is i just wasn’t sure because it wasn’t listed in the FAQ common problems where it says “You should have at least 4 files: blogger-sifr.js, sifr.css, sifr.js, and your SWF font file. If even one is missing, the whole thing won’t work” i am also not sure about the Blogger Minima template. don’t know if mine is or isn’t.
check mine out. i’m sure it is something so stupid and little that is not letting it work. your detailed eye will probably catch it right away.
your help would be so very appreciated!!
thanks- em
68 degrees?!?!?!? JEALOUS…absolutely JEALOUS!!!! I LOVE the snow and all and we usually have some this time of year, however, it has been beautiful sunshine days with freezing cold temps! Mother Nature teases us so!
Glad you all had fun though :)
You are making me soooo homesick for ALABAMA. I remember those late Feb. days, when it would warm up and spring would start making it’s appearance. The Summit was less than 5 miles from my house and The Cheesecake Factory is my absolute fave. We don’t have a Cheesecake Factory in Michigan and we just got 8 inches of snow yesterday. Just remember to fully enjoy your lovely southern weather.
Absolutely beautiful photos, how lucky you are to experience these wonderful places:)
It’s so nice to see Miley and Howie enjoying the sunshine and beautiful scenery! Great pictures Mandy!
I am so jealous of your nice weather! Those pictures are gorgeous. I can’t wait until it gets warm again.
Always waiting to find out what you have been up to and the yummy recipes!!! My most favorite is Miley & Howie, though! We have a Boster Terrior named Jack. He is 13 now and very sick. He is not in any pain, though! We are just trying to hang in there with him day by day!!! He is my little buddy and it is just heart wrenching to think he will be in doggy heaven soon.:( So please keep sending the wonderful pictures of M & H, they are much appreciated!!!
Same as you. Snow last weekend. This weekend – Gorgeous! We had a Star Wars birthday party for my youngest who turned 8. It was a blast and the weather was perfect. I spent Friday night/Saturday morning sewing him a Jedi cape with hood. I think this will be one of his fondest memories as far as birthday parties go. So much fun.
This is the second weekend in a row now that I feel very jealous of you! But in a totally-happy-for-you and glad-it-was-awesome kind of way. :) Thanks for sharing all about it!
Loved these pictures! We had a warm weekend here in Kentucky too and now I am wanting Spring to hurry and get here!
………what can I say? I just simply love your blog and ALL that you have shared with your audience. I don’t have another blog to compare it too……AND I really don’t want to. Yours is enough for me: entertaining, educational , inspiring, uplifting, pretty, etc…
Enjoy your day! Yvette
ps If you had time, I would ask if you can send me your instructions on how to start a blog, or a family website. One day I will take the time to learn these things. You seem to make it look so easy. Again thanks for sharing.
It was pretty, wasn’t it! Gotta love weather here!
We had movie night Friday and actually let the kids outdoors for a while Saturday. I am hungry for Spring!
Have a great week!
i can’t wait till i can open the windows again! great pics.
Love the pictures! Sounds like a fun weekend :)
Love the pics, thanks for sharing! The weather here was beautiful as well. We had snow the previous weekend also.
Ooops. I was thinking you were in CA with all the sun LOL. I’m in Nevada and way much further then I thought :)
Looks like a beautiful weekend! It snowed here Saturday and Sunday LOL. And I’m only one state away from you… go figure
PS – how do you make spicy nacho popcorn? Sounds yummy!
It is always such a pleasure reading your blog Amanda! I had been looking for the perfect digital camera for my husbands birthday and appreciate you sharing about yours!
Blessings to you!!
I am so envious of you sunny weekend. Where we are we had yet another ice/snow storm this weekend. I like snow – but I am getting tired of it. SO time to think of the good thing about cold/snow. #1 Scarves – wear one everyday this time of year. #2 – too cold to do anything outside so GIRLS SHOPPING DAY took place. Three new pair of shoes, 1 dress, 1 scarf, 1 skirt and 2 sweaters. ALL on sale! Have a great week!
Love the pictures and glad to see Howie and Miley! We live in Northern California and on Saturday it was beautiful, high 50’s. I too wore cargo’s and sandles, woke up to 18″ of snow on Sunday. Our 2 Boston’s, (both 1) did not not know what to think of the changing of the weather, but they endured it with play time in the snow for just a short while. Made your 3 Cheese Manacotti for the first time Sunday and it was awesome.
Thanks for sharing your weekend.
My weekend was beautiful, too… although being in AZ, we were STILL colder than you!
OH, Amanda! Wanted to let you know that my blog is updated thanks to your Blog Design Giveaway! Check it out!! And Thank You Again!
What a fun weekend Amanda! Love all those photos, your dog is too cute!
Love your blog and photography! I have family who live in Madison, Al. and they love to hike and be outdoors. I know you live near there and I wanted to show them your photos and be able to tell them where this “nature trail” is located…maybe they would want to check it out! Could you email me or just put more info on your blog about where it is?
Sometimes the point and shoot is what the day calls for. I couldn’t agree more!
Great pics.
I was contemplating the sony h20.. looks like the photos are pretty damm good from the look of it!
Those are beautiful pictures! Did you make them black and white through Photoshop?
Hi Kevin and Amanda:
When I found your blog I was surprise to see a beautiful couple with a beautiful life. I loved your scraproom because I work in my house makind invitations and cards for all occasions but when I saw the pictures of your dogs and cats I falled in love with them and you. I inmmediately suscribed because it’s really fantastic to see that in some place of the US, there are still people that love each other, the nature, animals and the life. My english is not very good but I hope you can understand what I try to say to you. I live in the Dominican Republic. Where do you live? I mean, in what state of the US? Thanks for share your beautiful life with us. Amanda, you take amazing pictures. God bless you !!!
Enjoying your blog and the pictures are great. Hoping to get over this cold/flu/whatever so I can play with my new cricket and get some scrapbooking done. You get me motivated. Thanks.
I found your blog several months ago and have been coming back ever since! I love your recipes, your weight loss story, your beautiful home, your amazing recipe scrapbook pages…apparently I love everything about it! Your posts always make me smile. :-) Anyway, i really liked the pics from your walk yesterday–must be a really great point and shoot b/c the photos were so crisp and clear.
Looks like it was a great day.
Hi Kevin and Amanda,
Looks like you had a fab weekend. We live at Cedar Creek Lake in East Texas. A far cry from my Southern California upbringing, but we love it. It is relaxing to get out near water and nature. Your photos are fantastic! Just amazing work. I love, love Howie. He is just too cute. Love you site. Enjoy reading you guys.
We finally got a break from the 7 inches of snow from last weekend which was beautiful coming down. This weekend we watched the sun peak out and melt some of the snow. Your photos are awesome. Thanks for sharing. :()
Love the photo of Howie and his reflection – amazing photo.
Wow – the black & white pics are nothing short or gorgeous!
Great pics! Sounds like you had a lovely weekend! Ours was great, we went to the Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, SC from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Beautiful weather, beautiful weekend!
Oh Amanda, I just absolutely ♥love♥ your blog! =) I look forward to each and every post!
I can’t believe those pictures were taken with a point and shoot, they definitely appear to be taken from a DSL!
What a beautiful day you had – I’m so jealous – we had snow all weekend!
Thank You for sharing!
♥Lori
You take amazing photos. I love that you were able to make those look so great with just a small throw in your bag kind of camera.
You and your hubby are too cute… Sharing a recliner? I love it!
I was looking at buying a new (small, carry in my purse camera), and I’m grateful that you shared what you carry!
Have a wonderful day, my dear.
Your weekend sounds wonderful!
We got about half a foot of snow, in Chicago. Send Spring my way. :)
It snowed on the 12th here in South Georgia too (1st time in over 20 years, I might add) and then high 60s this past weekend. Was sooooo glad to have some REAL Georgia winter weather! LOL!
looks like ya’ll had an awesome weekend! The weather was wonderful this weekend, but I was stuck inside sick. :( even more doctors appts this week. Hopefully next weekend will be nice as well and we can take our pups out
Beautiful pictures! :)
Love the last photo! Looks like as if it was taken with DSLR!! Very niceee!!!