Emily and I have a few straggler gift-cards remaining from our wedding gifts, one of which was to Trader Joe’s. The time came where my longing for peanut butter filled pretzels and Emily’s continued search for good Naan led us to the store. Something was whack yesterday, almost everything in the store screamed, “buy me!”, including a beautiful Phalaenopsis Orchid.

I have been eyeing this flower for years, always wanting to photograph it but never willing to spend the money on it. Finally caved yesterday, and it is beautiful in our house. I wanted to share a few of the photos that were taken yesterday.

Focus on the front curly parts, I love the color blurred out in the background on this one.

This was Emily’s favorite, I like it a lot too, how it contrasts with the black background.