Life of the Riley Family

Category: nature

  • 163/365 {blossoming}

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      Our tree in the front yard is blossoming! I guess that means spring is really here!!!!

  • 158/365 {abandoned}

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    I don’t know what it is, but there is something about this place that catches my eye every time I drive past. I finally stopped to snap a photo today. The bright blue skies are in stark contrast to the dull brown earth. I took the girls on a run today. Mckenzie struggled with running…

  • 154/365 {fog}

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      It rained today and when it cleared, we were left with this beautiful fog rolling on the ground.

  • 149/365 {blue morpho butterflies}

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      We took the kids to visit the Blue Morpho Butterflies at the Butterfly house in St. Louis today. There were thousands of butterflies floating in the air. Scott and I thought it was pretty cool. Unfortunately, it kind of freaked the girls out. They didn’t like how the butterflies were all around them (you…

  • 134/365 {rose}

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      I meant to photograph this earlier, but it is still beautiful all dried up!

  • 114/365 {zoo}

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        The weather was nice enough to check out the zoo in St. Louis. It was a nice place and the best part is that it is free! And we found street parking so we saved some money there too! For the most part, Cooper hung out in his stroller and didn’t seem all…

  • 112/365 {raindrops}

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    Mother Nature can’t seem to make up her mind. One day its raining and the next we are getting snow. I can’t to put the cold weather behind and welcome in Spring 🙂  

  • 108/365 {red}

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      Even though Scott isn’t supposed to buy me anything for Valentine’s Day, every year he comes home with a half dozen roses 🙂 I can’t complain as it gives me a chance to play around with my macro lens.

  • 101/365 {Snowflake}

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      I have been wanting to capture a snowflake for the longest time. We had a few flakes fly today so I thought I would give it another try and I’m pretty happy with this one.

  • 80/365

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    I bought flowers for me Abby the other day and got my macro out to play around 🙂