A Trip to Our Local Museum: IMAS

Please Vote: Summer Nature Photo Contest

Hey guys!  I know I haven’t posted anything in a while…summer has kept me busy…vacation, summer photo contest, and an awesome promotion at work.  Nonetheless, I am back and asking for your support.  I previously posted something in regards to a summer nature photo contest my son entered.  This is the photo that was chosen as a contender.  I am hoping most, if not all of you, have facebook so you can go to the following link https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558934994168769&set=a.558933164168952.1073741828.454120927983510&type=1&theater and hit LIKE to vote for his photo to win.  Thank you so much and I appreciate all your support! 😀

A Day at the Beach 07/14/13

Estero Llano Grande State Park 06/08/2013

Estero Llano Grande State Park 06/08/2013, a set on Flickr.

These are our photos from our nature walk today. Hope you enjoy them. 🙂

Storm Rolled In-6/7/2013

Sky on Fire After the Storm

Storm Rolling in Amidst a Tall Palm Tree

Freedom

While taking our second nature walk of the summer today, my amateur photographer of a son happened to snap this photo of a beautiful and graceful hawk with it’s outstretched wings soaring high above the thirsty terrain.  Upon admiring his photo I began to wonder, “do we actually still maintain this freedom we Americans have always claimed to have”?  You cannot know by simply looking at this photograph but this eye-catching hawk was gliding over the Texas/Mexico border along the Rio Grande River.  This hawk symbolizes something that in my opinion the human race has lost in light of the most horrific border violence in history, our freedom.  As a child I remember countless times in which I had the privilege of visiting some of the most charming places in Mexico including Michoacán, Acapulco, Playa Azul, Celaya and innumerous others.  These lush regions had some of the most ravishing landscapes I had ever witnessed.  As a mother now I would have loved to have introduced my children to the beauty that I once knew.  Due to the heinous crimes that are occurring just miles south of this border, this disillusioned dream of mine is just that, a dream.   I am disheartened at the fact that I have been robbed of this so called “freedom” and that my children will never be able to appreciate what I experienced growing up as child.  Immaculate stories of a once picturesque country is all that is left and for me that is simply not enough.  To be free such as this hawk, to “fly” anywhere, anytime is something that I yearn for and wish to be able to get back in my lifetime and my children’s.

Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park-6/1/2013

These pictures were taken by my 10 year old son.  Our second nature walk this summer.

A Few Pics from Summer Vacation 2012

Black and White

DSCF0357, a photo by proudsinglemama on Flickr.

Just playing around with the settings on my camera, wanted to see how it looked in black and white.

Killing Several Birds With One Stone

I know us single moms are always extremely busy and we find ourselves lacking time to do many things.  I came home today not planning to go anywhere.  Generally I always make dinner, work on homework with the kids and relax for a while before it’s off to shower and bed.  But our household has become a little more hectic lately and I am needing to find ways to get everything done in one day and still have some time to rest.  Well, today I decided to take a walk with my kids and our new puppy to the park.  In doing this I found myself being able to get some exercise, the kids were able to play (and exercise), our puppy was able to get her much needed walk and the biggest plus of all, I took my new camera to snap some photos.  These are a few of the sample pics I snapped a while ago.  I am still getting the hang of it but I find myself enjoying this newfound hobby.  Nevertheless, this seems like a good routine to follow several times a week.  I’m able to kill several birds with one stone and I encourage all you single, busy moms to do the same.  Figure out how you can get several things done at once and you will realize how much free time you find yourself with.