Heading for Route 66

We left for a Spring Break vacation to Arizona. Mike wanted to go to the Planes of Fame Museum in Valle, so I researched what else we could do and suggested we follow the old Route 66 from one end of Arizona to another. We left the cold weather (and a blizzard the next day) behind and headed out. Made it to Primm, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas. The GPS was my friend - I didn't have to be reading a map and could pay attention to the scenery.

Beautiful clouds as we headed into Nevada.

Primm has a great outlet mall. Mike didn't want to go, so I dropped him off at the hotel and went shopping by myself for a few hours.

Spring Growth

I took a walk around the yard this afternoon just before the second session of General Conference, using my macro lens again.

Lilac Buds

Interesting "leftover" leaves

Who would have known that dandelions have these beautiful sparkly curly-cues!

Indoor geranium - almost time to take it outside until fall.

Easter Egg Hunt

We had all of the family over for a late morning Easter egg hunt and pizza. I think everyone had fun. Thank goodness the weather held out; it was quite cool, but no rain/snow.  I had leftover candy and a gift for each family, so after the kids were through with their hunt, we all came in the house. Then I took all of the grandkids outside and we hid candy and gifts for the adults. They had fun with that. Later, Jonah told me that this was the BEST Easter egg hunt he'd ever had:)

Weston

Ezra

Lacie

Hazel

Jonah

Zupas

Cafe Zupas opened in Layton a few months ago. I've been there three times recently. It has wonderful soups, salads and sandwiches. I especially like all the flavored syrups you can add to a soda - YUM!!

April Fool's Weather

The first day of April decided to bring its own April Fool's joke - lots of snow.

More Macros

I spent some time tonight experimenting with my new macro lens.

The last Christmas Cactus bloom. This plant has

been blooming since November.

A colorful paperweight.

Old croquet balls.

New Nikon Macro Lens

My new Nikkor Macro 60mm lens came in the mail today. So exciting. I was surprised that it was heavier than my other lenses. This brings a new learning curve for my photography skills.

This lens has a very shallow depth of field, which blurs out the background and areas not in focus very nicely.