Photos of the Week: Week 18

Sorry this blog is a little bit late....but hopefully you guys will forgive me since I have some pretty fun pictures to share!

Theme: Royal

They say that horse racing is the sport of kings. I had a lot of great pictures come out of the Steeplechase I attended this weekend, but I thought this was one of the best race shots. There will be lots more (both of the horses and the crazy people) later this week.

I am also linking this up for the "Green" theme at Allie Photography for Happy Monday!

Theme: Dress Up

I’m not much of a girly girl, but I have to tell you that it was a lot of fun spending the day at the races all dolled up and getting to see everyone else’s fancy dresses and big hats. I got this shot standing along the rail before the marquee race of the day and thought it was great for this theme!

Theme: It’s the Music

This one is sort of a stretch---but at the beginning of each race, the trumpet plays the call to mount up. He’s not playing here, but I think it still works.

Theme: Green

I pulled this one from shots I took a couple of weeks ago. Not that I didn’t have plenty of green shots from my trip back east---but I had to enter to Live Every Moment challenge before I got home and had a chance to get them all posted. But it worked out okay, because I do love this shot and the light I was able to capture.

Theme: Mothers

Well since I didn't get to see my own mom on Mother's Day, I was hanging out with my friend Mrs. Top Gun, who happens to have two dog children and is is pregnant with twin people children. I loved this shot of her!

Theme: Quotography – Mothers

Two "mother" related quotes in the same week sort of posed an interesting challenge, but then I remembered this candle shot I got at the Our Lady of Guadalupe grotto a couple of weeks back and knew that if I could find the right quote, it would definately work!

Theme: 1 Corinthians 3:16

While in DC for the weekend, I knocked a bucket list item off and attended mass at the Washington National Cathedral. This cathedral is massive, breathtakingly beautiful, and so peaceful. The idea was to have a national house of prayer for all to come and worship. I love everything about it. Anyway, I thought this was the perfect place to photograph for this week’s verse—as beautiful as the Cathedral is, isn't it amazing to think that God didn't choose to dwell there, but intstead to dwell within each of us instead?