A hot day in paradise

Love watching the 2 granddaughters having fun together.Taken May 2015 in Sacramento,California Both riding the carousel beside each other.

A noon, filled with water. Self on snorkeling. Solitude is a bliss. 

Lifeguard stand keeps watch as the sun rises through its structure along the shoreline of St. Augustine Beach.

Made July, 2015.

Capture this photo in friends backyard. Butterfly in spring.

This was taken while on vacation in Cape Cod, Ma.

Crabbing near the Currituck Lighthouse on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Fireworks on the 4th of July over the USMC Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, VA.

This is Tahoe, a very special little guy.

Editor's Note: Enjoy today's International Picture of the Day selection!

This picture is special to me because it represents a graduation of cameras and skills. It was taken in Barrie, Ontario Canada at the Canada Day celebrations. The fireworks display is the culmination of our city's Canada Day/Promenade Days celebration.

Taken on the beach at Anna Maria Island FL, during a family vacation.

I love kayaking. I was fortunate enough to grow up on the water. I love to spend time as much time as possible on the water. The photo was taken on Rainy River in International Falls, MN. The land in the background is Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. I took the photo one summer evening a couple of years ago. How does it relate.... most people don't have the option of driving a couple of miles and then go paddling, so I chose to categorize this photo as travel (it is one way to move around on the water)/Vacation (it is a mini vacation for me when I can get out on the water away from everything and just relax).

Vacationing in Nev. at Red Rock Canyon. Sept. 2012 Getting ready for a trail ride

My grandson loves the sprinkler! The wetter he gets the better.

At night it looked like the galaxy was watching over the people in the town below.

The picture represents unity. I was in San Francisco recently, reuniting with a good friend and i noticed that the bridge comes together in the middle. Most people focus on the entire bridge when photographing it, but I see that this pillar is holding the bridge together. The wires unite in the middle to create something beautiful. I took this picture on March 7, 2015.

My grandson enjoying the beach ball sprinkler!

Bride to be on way to church.

First time able to get cousins together at one time, at Lake Conroe, TX. Taken 6/22/14

This evening a balloon landed in a field in Altweerterheide in the Netherlands.

A summer evening in New York City: My husband captured this picture of our dogs and I taking a stroll through New York's West Village.

We went on vacation in Gatlinburg, TN. We were hiking in the woods and came across a huge spiderweb. The picture is of my son and husband's reaction to the spiderweb. (slightly overplayed)