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Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

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When we arrived in Rome I soon found out that there are a lot of churches there.  My attitude at first was that all churches are the same, so I would walk past them.  After about a year of living in Rome, one day I didn’t walk past a particular church, but rather, I walked inside and I was amazed at the beauty I saw.  I soon found that every church is different inside and from then on I always went inside a church to enjoy the wonder and beauty of it!  This church I visited many times over the years and I took this photo of a column and the ceiling in 2005.  Santa Maria sopra Minerva was built on top of the foundations of a temple dedicated to the Greco-Roman goddess Minerva, thus sopra Minerva (above Minerva).  I still remember the first time I walked inside this church, I was in awe at the beauty of the ceiling!

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Pantheon Ceiling

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In this photo, of the ceiling of the Pantheon, you can see the circular hole which is 30 feet across.  Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon’s dome is still the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome.

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Touched With Tulips

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Salt Lake City, Utah

The Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints                                                      Announced – July 28, 1847    ~    Dedicated – April 6, 1893

The Salt Lake Temple touched with tulips.

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The Salt Lake Temple

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As Fall is upon us, I am thinking of Spring.  I love this photo I took back in April of 2005.  The Salt Lake Temple took 40 years to build and is a symbol of the love those early, dedicated members of the 1800’s had, giving so much to their time, talents and resources to their Lord and God!

Photo taken with my Canon 20D camera.

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Together

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On a beautiful spring day back in 2005, I went for a walk and saw some beautiful flowers, including these two, a Tulip and a Daffodil growing together.

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Young Woman Dancing With Children

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Salt Lake City, Utah

The Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints                                                 Announced – July 28, 1847    ~    Dedicated – April 6, 1893

A statue representing womanhood and women’s role in raising children sits on Temple Square.  It is of a young woman dancing with children, here in front of the Salt Lake Temple.

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Sunset on the Oquirrh Mountains

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What a beautiful view of a gorgeous sunset we had.  I could see the sky was changing color as the sun set over the Great Salt Lake. So, I hurried outside and up the hill behind our house. And, this is what I saw as the sunset on the Oquirrh Mountains.

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Palm and Flowers

San Diego, California

I LOVE palm trees, they are beautiful as they wave in the wind.  On a trip to San Diego we went to the San Diego Zoo and as we entered I looked up and saw this palm tree waiting for me to take it’s photo!

Camera used:  Canon 20D

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Purple Bike

BK24r-070480Cambridge, England

On a bus tour of the British Isles that we went on in 2004, we walked thru the University of Cambridge, which was founded in 1209.  It is a beautiful campus and I found a lot of bikes to photograph!

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Brighton Pier

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I have always ENJOYED taking photos of bikes and this trip to England in 2004 was no exception. Brighton is a fun, quaint town right on the English Channel. This was a fun shot with the Brighton Pier in the background.

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Alnwick Castle

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Alnwick Castle was transformed into Hogwarts in ‘Harry Potter’. On our bus tour of the British Isles in 2004 we went to Alnwick Castle. It was so fun to be there and feel the Hogwarts spirit.

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Celebrate

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Back in 2004 we went to Denver to visit our son’s family.  On the 4th of July he took us to his work office where we had a beautiful view of the fireworks.  I sure hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July, CELEBRATE this great land!!

Taken with a Canon film camera.

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Mirror Lake

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Because of the amount of snow the Uinta Mountains get, you can’t get up to Mirror Lake until the summer.  In July of 2004 I took a friend up there.  The higher we climbed the worse the weather got, until it was raining really hard.  Even so, it was still gorgeous and the boat in the photo just added to it.

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Basket

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When visiting my family in Colorado, in 2004, I played basketball with my grandson, he was only 4, but it was fun!

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From North Temple

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Salt Lake City, Utah

The Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints                                                 Announced – July 28, 1847    ~    Dedicated – April 6, 1893

This photo was taken on North Temple before the high-rises were built on South Temple.  So, this photo doesn’t exist anymore, sadly!

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Daisy

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The area we live in has beautiful flowers in the Springtime. In May of 2004 I went for a walk and took lots of photos of daisies. I love this daisy!

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Angel Moroni

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Salt Lake City, Utah

The Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints                                                 Announced – July 28, 1847    ~    Dedicated – April 6, 1893

The Angel Moroni sits atop the Salt Lake Temple.

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Landing

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In 2004 I took a photography class and one of our assignments was to take a photo using light. I was in Denver during that week, visiting our son and his family, and so I wasn’t able to get my assignment done, until I returned home and as we landed I looked out the window and took this photo of our landing. My teacher really liked it!

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Watches, Disney & This Land

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Salt Lake City, Utah

For those of you who don’t know me, this photograph shows three things that I LOVE:  watches, Disney and this great land!

Taken with a Canon film camera.

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