These "stars" were four of the six bride's maids at Katie and Brian's wedding. This photo wasn't my idea and I was skeptical about getting a good shot. The sanctuary was fairly dark and I thought it would be hard to get details in the faces without washing out the beautiful colors in the stained glass and the flowers and dresses. But I was wrong. This photo was very rushed and I wish now that we had found the other bride's maids.
Incidentally, the colors that Katie picked for her wedding were brown and purple. "Brown and purple?" you ask. Just look. It was a great combination. Katie has a good eye and good taste. That comment may seem self serving since she also married our son!
Canon 5DII 1/60s f/2.8 ISO2000 115mm
It is the day after the Big Event and I am tired but happy. We enjoyed every thing about the day, including Brian and Katie's first dance in their life as a married couple.
These were growing over a doorway in a back street in a little village in Croatia. Green things like this seem to suggest the promise of something. Jelly? Wine? Or a meal for birds?
This variegated hosta plant was the subject of a photo posted on this blog back in the spring. 
The phrase that comprises the title of this post means "he approves of this." Implicit in the Great Seal of the US is the idea that God approves of the formation of the United States, though it is a mere human who is saying this. The Greeks might call this "hubris."
We saw much that was green on our trip this past summer to Sitka, Alaska, including these sea bass. Our vantage point was an excursion boat named the Sea Life Discovery. I was fascinated by the murky, green water that our boat moved through and I was intrigued by the sea life. I took over 100 pictures but most are out of focus. Though this photo is a little marginal, it's one of the better ones.
Special Note: This is the first is a series this week that I am calling "Seeing Green," which will feature green things I have photographed. Sounds exciting, doesn't it?
I made a brief venture into my back yard this morning and found this leaf, which was still wet from the rain we had earlier in the morning.
My wife tells me that this is a coneflower. I am posting this because I had posted a coneflower photo this summer - but I have switched the seasons. 
Let's go to Hawaii! This was growing outside the house we stayed at the last time we visited our son Jon, who worked in Kona on the Big Island. I think this flower is called "Bird of Paradise."
