What's new at The Loft - Episode 114

Spring Break in Asheville - Part 4

The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad

For our last day in Asheville we decided to take a train ride on The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad, a 3 1/2 hour train ride that we thought was going to take us high into the mountains. But while it didn't do that we did get to see some beautiful scenery.

Playing with my starburst lens

The "Conductor"

Love the filters on Instagram

Cute Cassidy!

Moving to a different car

Nantahala Outdoor Recreation Center

Mother's Day Breakfast with Richard Armitage

For those who don't know, I'm a very big fan of the British TV show M-I 5 and one of it's stars Richard Armitage, so for Mother's day my husband made me a great breakfast, and "became" Richard Armitage and joined me for while I ate breakfast.  It was a wonderfully sweet gesture and highly amusing when he tried to imitate the British accent.

Well I hope you enjoyed my post for today.  Looking forward to showing you some of my latest creations with my next post and hopefully have some really exciting news for all you.  Thanks for stopping by and come back soon.

What's new at The Loft - Episode 105

Thanksgiving at Universal - Part 2

The day after Thanksgiving we went over to the original Universal Studios park. 

Cassidy and Ray started out the day by going on this roller coaster that circles around about 1/3 of the park.

Cassidy gave the ride two thumbs up

and while they were doing that Ashlyn and I visited with The Simpson's

And Ashlyn had her picture taken with Dora and Diego

The Christmas tree was beautiful

But it looked really awesome with a starburst lens.

The New York area is my favorite in all the park.  I love all the little alleys, brownstones and storefronts, especially when lit up at night.

Did I mention that I really love the fisheye lens

Then Ashlyn and I got some more henna tattoos.  Ashlyn got her whole hand done and some fingers in a similar pattern from the day before.

And I got a medallion on my hand similar to the one I had done the day before along with one finger done and a wrist cuff.

Ashlyn snapped this picture of herself as she waited while I got my henna tattoo done

And while the rest of the family went on some rides I played around with some apps to enhance some photos.  I couldn't decide which filter I liked better!

Here's Cassidy and Dad being silly

As night approached all the Christmas lights came on

With my new macro lens I took a few bokeh pictures

And of course I had to get a fisheye photo of the tree all lit up

We had such a great time at Universal, and we are looking forward to going back to Vero Beach for Christmas.  Happy Holidays and thanks for stopping by.