Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

For this week's Photo Challenge I will be focusing on Trees. I like taking photos of nature and the natural world, flowers and trees , however (with regards to trees,) I tend to focus on branches as I still struggle a little when it comes to taking photos of entire trees that I actually like and want to share. After taking two (very similar!) photos of a tree that I actually liked (gasp!) and wanted to share with others, I decided that Trees would make a good Photo Challenge topic! When I started thinking about doing weekly Photo Challenges, one of the reasons was that I wanted to become a better photographer by challenging myself. As 'trees' is certainly a topic I want to work on, Trees it is! Here are the first two photos (of the same tree) - the ones I actually liked enough to want to share! More to follow soon! Trees #1a Trees #1b Update: I have no idea how, but I managed to hurt my ankle this weekend which made walking all over town to take photos...

This remains one of my favourite photos ever! There is beauty all around us, if only we stop and take the time to look at our amazing world - something too many of us forget all too easily. "I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in."   ~ George Washington Carver Source: Quotations about Nature | The Quote Garden Bloomin' Beautiful * * * Gozo, Malta * * * Feb 2013 A photo posted by Nicole M. Verhaaf (@nimavenl) on Apr 20, 2013 at 2:43am PDT

Monument dedicated to Alexander Ball . Lower Barakka Gardens in Valletta, Malta. Valletta, Malta A photo posted by Nicole M. Verhaaf (@nimavenl) on Sep 6, 2012 at 2:51am PDT

Walking along the rocky beach.  Qawra, Malta. September 2012 Water, on the Rocks | Nimavenl Photography

A very positive thought (or well, a few of them) to start the week with! :-) On a not at all related yet also very positive note - we are heading to Malta for a holiday a week from now!!! Yes, I really am only human which means that I *will be* counting down the days and the hours until our holiday starts! ;-)