Ma NA Nuh NAH!

*Ahem* OH, if I could caption this, I would so say "Spaghetti-Monsterism 'Touched By His Noodly Appendage.'" A lot of my favorite shots are from this green house-the vibrant colors and the smells were just...AWESOME. But most of all I remember making B hold that pose for like....5 minutes. I kept faking that there were problems *just* so he would stay like that. I don't think he knew that until just now. Eh....heh.....sorry B.

I believe this is called a banana cactus-but I still think it's a Spaghetti Monster. I didn't even notice this thing until I was standing, like, underneath it. I liked the cool colors that brought out the cactus more, but mostly, I liked how the natural light hit every bit of it, bringing out each little....arm?.....appendage?.....thing.

SQUIRREL! I LOOOOOVE Squirrels. This particular squirrel is particularly obese AND tame. He let me get rediculously close to him, and then climbed, upside-down, up the tree. My favorite part of this? the memory of nearly peeing myself. He looked right at me and then flew towards me-I squeaked loudly, to be sure. Poor B almost had a heart attack. XD It was kinda cold out that day, but the snow was super crunchy, so I stayed off of it.

These viney/cact-arms are so AWESOME to look at! At first glance, it seems like it's braided-in reality, it's a cactus, and it's tons of little buds. I don't know the name of this plant, (surprise, surprise) but this is one of my favorite pictures because of the angle. I remember that this particular plant caught my attention almost immediately. I had to touch it, and look underneath it, and squint at it, and then I decided it *had* to be photographed. *had* to. Favorite thing about this shot? The natural light, of course! I love the way the sun hits the planty-goodness. Ah, Sun. How EPIC, you are.

I *love* this shot, and I've saved it for last because it was a hidden gem in a hidden folder that I stumbled upon (in my desktop

....because...hehe....

you know...

the stumbling....

but on a desktop

.....oh nevermind) Where to begin? FIRST OFF, it took some looking to get this shot. I passed this patch of flowers probably 5 or 6 times, easily, and then the sun kinda slipped past it to touch some dark red flowers right below it-and then I saw them. I immediately knew my shot-it's almost like that greenhouse felt me coming. The ivy grew all around that area, but not on that one spot. it gave me the perfect view-and I wanted to capture both the white flowers, AND those gorgeous pink hyacinths (GASP-I knew that one....no, I didn't, B muttered it as he went by) were so soft and demure in the background, they *begged* a picture to be snapped in their honor.

*Yawn* thats, about all.