Someone Played a Hoax on Me

Mushrooms and Frog (Ceramics), originally uploaded by dagnyg.

The other day I left my house and noticed that two huge mushrooms appeared in front of the porch. The tallest was over a foot tall. I thought these were really interesting, until I found out they were ceramic! Someone was messing with me. I later discovered the culprit when a co-conspirator could not keep from laughing when I told someone else about the cool mushrooms that appeared in my yard.
So, I added a ceramic frog that I had to the mix.

Recession Victim: Pete’s Restaurant

Pete’s Restaurant on Iron Springs Road is a victim of the ongoing recession/depression. It survived the nearly endless construction project on Iron Springs a couple of years ago. Earlier this year (I think) it changed hands.

Today Gary and I went there to have breakfast, it was closed. Too bad, I liked the breakfast there.

Pete's Restaurant - Recession Victim

Closed Sign on Pete's Restaurant

Horse and Wagon Ride

I was outside doing some tasks around the house when I heard a horse walking. Not a daily occurrence, so I looked around and saw a horse pulling a wagon at the Las Fuentes retirement center. Grabbing my camera, I walked over there and took some photos. And I got a ride, too!

Wagon Ride 1

View from the wagon

Belgian Draft Horse with Wagon

Prescott Az Mormon Church in HDR

Prescott Az Mormon Church in HDR, originally uploaded by dagnyg.

Prescott Mormon church with the sun setting behind it. 3 exposure (hand held) HDR, combined using Photoshop CS4 then processed in Photomatix. Last, I did some color adjustment in Lightroom 2.

Monsoon Clouds Build Up

az_monsoon-20090702-005, originally uploaded by dagnyg.

Monsoon clouds building up on July 2, 2009. We had a lot of rain that night.