Collection of Leah-isms

tonight’s unwind, and a new one for me to try :)

officially too cold for this California gal

watching Sussi & Itzi at the heated indoor arena (at South Jordan Equestrian Center)

Saturday’s trail ride (Taken with Instagram)

fair! (Taken with Instagram at Utah State Fair Park)

deep fried Oreos. because I can :) (Taken with Instagram at Utah State Fair Park)

Bike race passing by where I live. Helicopters too! #TourOfUtah (Taken with Instagram)

Taken with Instagram at Solitude Mountain Resort

best place to be on a Saturday (Taken with instagram)

AKA. the best sort of study break, ever :D  so I’ve been doing this little bit called the FINRA Series 10 exam and it’s in 8 days. However, if I study without exercising at least a little bit, my body basically tells me to go to hell.  Plus, I’ve a horse to keep happy.

So I tackled both of that this afternoon :)  Lovely weather if a bit cool — but the hot summer will be here soon enough so I shan’t whine too much.

5.82 miles in 1 hour and 1 minute.  Not bad!

dancing otter ….

I love these critters, but I admit I’m REALLY loving the underwater shots (thank you aquarium!) because THAT is exactly how I feel when I’m in the water.  Except I’m pretty sure I’m not as sleek or awesome looking, bikini or not ;)

way yum looking (Taken with Instagram at Harmon’s)

No, I didn’t buy any but they looked SO lovely, I had to snap this photo :)  (also, I am weirded out in eating colored icing, so I wouldn’t ever be able to enjoy eating one of those cupcakes. but they sure look awesome!)

I love having a kick-ass neighborhood grocery store :D

I feel better for penguins now, because they really DO fly underwater!

However, trying to capture a focus point in dim light as they ZIP by so fast?  Uh … not as much fun.  But got several keepers from the time I spent there, this is my favorite so far

:)

taken at The Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, UT. I’d totally mention the type of penguin but I sorta didn’t pay attention to that part of the exhibit.

specs: Nikon D3, 85mm 1.8D, ISO 1600, f/1.8, 1/125  (oddly the exact same as the otter photo I posted yesterday although the otter exhibit had a bit more light … but not much)

EDIT: per their website, it is a Gentoo Penguin.  hehe, love the name!

diving river otter (Taken with Instagram at The Living Planet Aquarium)

dog park time! (Taken with Instagram at Sandy City Dog Park)

fun with patterns (Taken with Instagram at The Leonardo)