Nature

 I just wanted to share these pretty nature pictures.

Spring has come! I was walking on a trail on Sunday afternoon and this is what it looked like on either side of the trail most of the way. I liked the contrast of the brown trees with the green ground cover and yellow flowers.

So pretty! On the same trail as the first picture.

I liked the sun beams coming through the clouds behind the Washington Monument in this picture, but also the blooming cherry blossom trees, the green grass, and the sky with their contrasting colors. (I took this picture on Saturday).

Orchid Exhibit

I read somewhere about an orchid exhibit in downtown Washington D.C. I knew immediately that I wanted to go and see the exhibit. I invited a couple of my friends to join me and one was able to come. 

Heather and I met at Metro Center and we walked to the museum where the orchid exhibit was located.

The exhibit was at the National Portrait Gallery courtyard.

The flowers were gorgeous! There were a lot of natural orchids as well as some hybrids. There were some pretty amazing colors. I loved it!

Enjoy the pictures below!

 I loved the color of this one!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we finished at the orchid exhibit we decided to look around some other parts of the museum. The colorful paintings of this artist were fun to look at! (Read more about the painting above in the picture below.)

 

Michelle Obama!

 

Since last Saturday, the cherry blossoms were close to peak and it was a really nice day outside, we decided to walk to the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms there. But everyone else had that same idea and it was super crowded.

We got close to the Tidal Basin but ended up not going all of the way there because the crowds were too crazy. But we saw some pretty cherry blossom trees along the way.

 

 

 

After the Tidal Basin we headed to the metro to head home. 

Overall it was a nice day! Thanks Heather for joining me on this adventure.

Why I Blog

Why do I blog?

I started this blog in 2008 when I was in my last year at BYU. One of my roommates at the time encouraged me to. Also my sister, Lara, had started a blog the year before and I thought it was kind of cool. :)

When I started this blog it was supposed to be me writing my thoughts and opinions about stuff, any and every kind of stuff (hence the name The Early Morning Confessions of AnnaLisa). Although it may have started out that way, I mainly use this blog now to post pictures and write about adventures I go on.

Although I will happily share my blog with certain people, I mainly blog for myself. On a day to day basis, my life isn't very exciting (and that's okay). But I like documenting the things I have done or thought about (although I don't blog about everything because that would be too much) and I like that I can look back on old blog posts and remember those things.

I enjoy blogging. It's kind of like a journal of my adventures in life. I have always been a journaler. I have over 10 physical journals full of stuff I've written since I was 8 or 9 years old. I do still keep a journal where I write my most personal thoughts but I don't write in it very often anymore.

Although I'm not always consistent with updating this blog, as of right now, I plan on continuing to update on here when I feel so inclined. :)

A random photo of me on a hike last month.