Coincidence or Ghosts?

I spent a lovely overcast Sunday out of town. I had hoped for sunny skies (and had them all morning) but once I drove to Tazewell, TN it was a very grey day. I walked the streets alone. Being Sunday (in a small town) I had the place to myself. I then found myself in the "Tazewell Irish Cemetery"-which I had no clue existed. I wondered aimlessly through the 200 year old graveyard...it was magnificent.

The strangest thing happened once I was home. I transferred the photos from my camera and viewed them using Windows Photo Viewer. Once I flipped through the day's adventure and went to open one (to change to b/w) I realized I was missing around 30 pictures. Here is the freaky part...I lost almost every photo from the cemetery. I have the first 3 and the last 6...all of the grave stones in between are gone. Memorials, gone. And of course like a idiot I had already deleted them off of my memory card...the photos are gone! I know you all are thinking it's a coincidence and it probably is...but I was freaked out nonetheless.

Now I'll have to aimlessly walk around the cemetery again to retake the photos I lost. Of course it's not a bad thing. :)

<3

Mika.

7th Anniversary

Sunday May 1st, 2011 was mine and Thomas' 7th anniversary...wow...7 years married. I really don't know what else to say...I mean...wow. lol.

We had an awesome day. Drove to Pigeon Forge, TN with laughs and singing the whole way. Visited the Titanic attraction. Info here. Naturally I couldn't take my camera in, so no photos from it (and those would have been AWESOME!)

Next we headed up to Gatlinburg to Ripley Aquarium of the Smokies. Info here. Thankfully I could take my camera in. Yeah..just what I needed, a brand new expensive camera around water! Below are the results. I think I took a total of 300 photos just from the Aquarium...but because of lighting and flash not all of them turned out. I'm still learning a lot with the camera.

Below are the best of the best from that day. I hope you all enjoy!

He was Mr. Grumpy, shying away from the camera.

 

I was mesmerized by the school of fish

And these...creeped me out. They were all over the bottom of the tank!

"Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles....my bubbles"

Of course I got the best photos of the Jellyfish. I think the blue and pink made it much easier.

I'm sorry...but Cuddle fish are ugly! You'd think with such a cute name...ah nevermind!

Penguins! They were so adorable!!!!

Us after the Titanic and Aquarium. We were killed...but we had a great day. :)

Thomas and I both agree we are getting older. It's amazing how much we have changed over the past 9 years. The photo below is us, my Senior prom 2002. We had been dating about 5 months at this point.

Time really does change us all.

<3

Mika.

Garnet Photography Resurrected

Day 88 Sunday April 3, 2011. 

I spent the day with Thomas. We had an amazing dinner and then he chauffeured me around so I could spy some great places to take photos. For those of you (most of you) that didn't know this about me...I hate horses. They scare the crap out of me! Always have. I am proud to say I was not completely terrified of the horses in these pics. I even pet one of them on my own free will.

I took a total of 140 photos in several different areas around Tennessee. After making the final cut I slimmed it down to 40. I'm only adding a handful here because..well..I don't want to overload.

I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do. :)

I'm sure you've noticed the "Garnet Photography" watermarked on the photos, this is because a few years ago I started a page for my photography of the time...I used the name "Garnet Photography" so I figured I would keep it going now.

<3

Mika.