New Items on Etsy!

I've somehow managed to get around to creating some holiday photo greeting cards. There are 7 total...for now! Check them out at prettyfishdesign.etsy.com! I hope to add more over the next week or so, depending on how productive I can be.

Noel

My friend Fabiana loves Winnie the Pooh. Her son's room is Winnie the Pooh themed. He's almost 3 now, but after he was first born she sort of jokingly asked if I would make some sort of Pooh artwork for his room. I did, and she liked it so much that she asked me to make one for her new son, Noel! Noel is almost 2 months old now.



I liked how it turned out :).

Golden Gate Park, Part 2

I loved Golden Gate Park so much that I decided to return on the last day of my trip, as I had several hours of free time before my flight home. During this particular visit I explored Stowe Lake, which is situated towards the middle of the park.


The Roman Bridge.





I took several photos of this waterfall - it was such a peaceful spot!







At one point I was in a heavily shaded area of the park, and a small patch of sunlight was focused on this leaf, so it almost glowed in the darkness:



A pavillion overlooking the lake:



And that, my friends, wraps up the highlights from my trip to San Francisco!

Golden Gate Park (Part 1)

I was fortunate to have quite a bit of free time during my "business" trip, and decided to spend a large portion of that time at Golden Gate Park. The funny thing about the park, I thought, is that it is no where near the Golden Gate bridge. It's huge though, and very pretty. It contains a science museum, art museum, flower conservatory,botanical gardens, and many, many other things. In all my time walking around, I still only saw a fraction of the place! It was a great place to get some pictures.





One of my favorite places was the Japanese Tea Garden. If I had had more time, I would have brought a book and relaxed a bit!




An awesome bridge.


An authentic pagoda (and proof that I SO need a lens hood!).


The Buddha

Experimenting:



Near the museums was the Temple of Music. I kinda had a soft spot for this place!




Well, that's it for today. I have one more batch of photos to share, and then I'm done with S.F.!

Bay Cruise

During our trip we took a champaign and brunch cruise of the bay. This afforded some fantastic views of the city and its most famous landmarks.


The Bay Bridge


Going under...


The Birdman of Alcatraz. HA! I kill me.


While the downtown area was sunny and warm, the area around the Golden Gate was covered in a thick, wet mist. Kinda creepy!


It simply fades away...

Ok, completely unrelated to San Francisco: when I post these photos, the lwidest I can make my horizontal photos is 400px. Any wider and they get cut off by the right-hand column. Does anyone know how to adjust the widths of the two columns on this blog? I want to make the content part wider so I can make my photos larger!

Napa Valley

Last weekend I spent a few days in San Francisco for work, and as part of the trip, we took a day to visit beautiful Napa Valley. I'll admit it was a little different than I expected! However I did get some nice pictures of the scenery as we visited various wineries.


Cypress trees lining the driveway to Peju Winery.


I'm not sure what this tree was called, but I loved the colors of the leaves!


Flowers in the garden at Brix restaurant.


At the amazing Castello di Amorosa winery.


Also at the Castello. I loved all of the doors!


And of course, wine!

Stay tuned for further installments of my San Francisco trip photos!

I Exist.

I promise I haven't forgotten about this blog. Life is simply INSANE and I'm trying to catch up on a million things. I'm editing some photos from San Francisco and hope to post them soon!