Foto Friday: All Is Beautiful

This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to catch up with a dear friend out in Delaplane, Virginia. Since she had some errands to run in the morning and it was a bit of a drive, I left early to go for a hike so I didn't spend more time in the car than out of it. She recommended Sky Meadows Park and it was absolutely perfect. With many different small trails, overnight campgrounds, a covered picnic & grill spot, and a lovely historic area, it really has something for everyone.

My hike was made even more magical as I listened to the pre-release of the first of three Gungor albums to come out this year, One Wild Life: Soul (which I'll hopefully have a review of out soon). The nature imagery and orchestral arrangements of some of the songs and the songs of great praise to the Creator, made me stop in my tracks with an enraptured smile holding my hands out to embrace the wonderful world around me quite a few times.

Here are the photos I captured that day

Foto Friday: More May Flowers

For want of more creative ideas, and a desire to at least try to slowly ease back into blogging, here are some more May flowers taken either at my Mother's garden or the Smithsonian Rose Garden. I was at the rose garden before a kickball game on the National Mall and trust me, had my sister Ms Pinky not been there to limit my time to under a minute I could've spent 20 there taking hundreds of pictures.

(All photos taken with my iPhone 5s & edited in Camera+)  

And here's a celebration video for making it this far (someday I want to listen to this while meandering along a Mediterranean beach):

Foto Friday: May Flowers

Perhaps a bit of a misnomer as most of these pictures were taken in April but what better images to accompany the rebirth of spring and (hopefully) the rebirth of my blogging than these beautiful flowers from the past month. (all photos taken with my iPhone w/o any edits).

The little park by my house:

On a lunch-time walk by work: 

On a hike in Maryland:

The front courtyard of my apartment complex:

The garden at the church across the street from my office:

That's all for now (we're (re)starting slowly, baby steps). Hope to see you soon!