Hunting for Hearts

My niece and I saw this Princess and the Frog mural on Atlanta's Beltline.

My niece Maddy and I went to the Beyonce concert in Atlanta. Amazing! We dressed up for the Cowboy Carter tour wearing my parents' boots. We saw this heart after the show.

A heart card standing guard in one of the Alice in Wonderland installations at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

A tree full of heart leaves at the Atlantic Botanical Garden.

I can't resist taking pictures of water lilies whenever I see them, but was especially delighted when I saw this perfect heart!

My niece and I captured pictures of these heart leaves with amazing patterns.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden had a special Alice in Wonderland theme this summer. My niece and I went all over the garden looking for all of the characters and shapes. Here is the Queen of Hearts!

My niece and I spent a morning at the Atlanta Botanical Garden and spotted several hearts. This was one of the first ones I saw on a tree.

This sidewalk heart was near our Airbnb in Atlanta.

My niece Maddy and I went to Atlanta this summer. We saw this heart on our first day at Ponce City Market.

My mom gave me this Anne of Green Gables quilt about six years ago. It was quilted by my friend Miranda with these cute hearts. I took this picture one morning in bed with a coffee.

There are just a few of the many heart rocks people have found and left on the Las Palomas Heart Hike over the years.

Trekking poles and a heart rock.

Cute, round heart rock left by someone else on the Las Palomas Heart Hike.

A heart rock and a cactus.

There were five of us on the Las Palomas Heart Hike. I tried to find at least one heart rock for all of us. Together, we ended up finding two each! We left them at the end of the trail.

This was one of many heart rocks spotted on the Las Palomas Heart Hike trail.

I found this dirt heart on a rock in our backyard this summer.

After our long flight home from Australia, we unpacked chocolates purchased in Adelaide and this one was shaped like a heart. We love Australia!

We spent our last sunset in Australia at West Beach in Adelaide. Work was being done on the beach that week and construction vehicles left these heart tracks all over.

We captured this heart at Australia's Cleland Wildlife Park where we fed kangaroos and wallabies, and held a koala! It was an amazing day.

My mom, Travis, and I first saw a heart in the water, then we looked up to see the heart cloud being reflected! We were thrilled to capture both in a photo. Pure joy moment at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.

A pond surrounded by love at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.

Blue-sky heart peeking through clouds above the Adelaide Botanic Garden.

Pretty coffee and carrot cake at a West Beach cafe in Adelaide.

Sideways heart on a tree at an Adelaide park.

Rainy day love spotted at the Japanese Garden in Adelaide.

This looked like some kind of heart-shaped brick washed up from the ocean at Bondi Beach. My mom and Travis are walking in the background.

Perfectly-shaped heart (probably made of something gross!) on the Coogee to Bondi Beach Coastal Walk.

Coffee with a heart and a slice of cake, please! Every morning in Australia, we ventured out to find another coffee shop to try.

A sideways heart-shaped cloud hovers above the Three Sisters rock formation in the Blue Mountains.

A heart on a tree stump in the Blue Mountains.

This heart was captured at a lookout during a day trip to the Blue Mountains, located about an hour outside of Sydney.

The Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, ferries and buildings lit up every night with colorful lights and patterns during the city's Vivid Sydney event.

A heart on a rock with Manly Beach in the background.

I spotted this heart-shaped leaf under water at Manly Beach in Sydney.

We took a ferry to the Manly Beach area in Sydney. This heart was captured near a short tunnel visitors could walk through.

This prickly pear heart was captured at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.

The size of the heart leaves pictured here were impressive! This photo was captured at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.

There were several heart-shaped leaves at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. My mom and I captured a few of them.

This tree heart in Sydney was very near Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, a historical landmark near the Sydney Opera House.

Some of the first hearts we spotted in Sydney were on trees. The hearts were so perfect it was surprising!

Heart coffee at the Brisbane Airport on our way to Sydney, Australia.

Sideways heart on a Stradboke Island cliff.

Takeaway coffee before boarding a ferry to Stradboke Island.

Construction heart in Brisbane.

This heart cloud appeared above us at the Brisbane Botanic Garden. Surely there were ibises in the trees below. We saw many of them gathering that day as the sun went down.

My mom noticed this heart cut out of a hibiscus flower at the Brisbane Botanical Garden.

An anatomical heart as part of an art piece I appreciated at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.

A tree with a carved heart and heart leaves near Brisbane's Nepalese Peace Pagoda.

A little waterfall and heart leaves at Roma Street Parkland in Brisbane.

Brisbane's Roma Street Parkland was full of love.

Heart leaves at the Roma Street Parkland in Brisbane.

My first coffee in Brisbane, Australia, after a long flight and checking into our hotel that was next door to The Coffee Club Cafe. I was delighted my first coffee in a new country was graced with a heart!

A folded up tape heart on the floor of the San Francisco Airport. I spotted this heart as Travis and I meandered between food courts and gates during a very long layover.

Bark heart in the Sandia Mountains.

Rock heart and hiking socks.

Heart spotted on a perfect Sunday hike.

Heart captured on the Barite Mine hike in the Sandia Mountains.

My friend Ruth, a heart rock, and me.

Big ol' heart rock.

My friend Ruth showed me the coolest rocks on the Barite Mine trail. This design looked like a heart to me.

A heart on top of a rock that looks like sea coral in the Sandia Mountains.

Tree heart

My friend Ruth found this little heart rock. I took a picture then left it in its home in the Sandia Mountains.

Home and a heart rock.

A dark heart mark on a rock during a sunset hike.

Trying to beat the sunset and a storm during a hike with my friend Rachel.

Evening hikes are magical.

Beautiful coffee design during a morning meetup with a fellow grad student.

Captured on the Embudito Trail in Albuquerque during the inaugural Hunting for Hearts Hike on April 27.

Prickly pears make the cutest hearts.

My friends Ruth and Corva came out for the inaugural Hunting for Hearts Hike. Here are our shoes and a heart.

We added heart rocks to a display at the beginning of the Embudito Trail in Albuquerque.

This rock was part of this heart display and I thought it was a cutie.

Captured during the inaugural Hunting for Hearts Hike on April 27.

There was a construction project between UNM campus and one of the college parking lots. Newly-poured cement means new sidewalk pictures.

Love is love is love is love.

Heart rock on a hike during a graduate student retreat weekend in April.

Rainy hike and a heart.

Our graduate student retreat was at the beautiful Sevilleta Field Station in La Joya, New Mexico.

Heart rock and a rain storm in the background.

Moody skies and a heart rock at the Sevilleta Field Station in La Joya, New Mexico.

This was taken on Easter Sunday as the graduate students looked for Easter eggs during our weekend retreat. Adults doing kid things is the best.

Spring walk, a heart rock, and a doggie tail.

I spotted this heart at Lowes while shopping for yard things.

This is one of my favorite plants to buy and *attempt* to keep alive. This was spotted at Lowes.

Do you see the heart rock laying on its side beneath this gorgeous blooming wisteria? This tunnel was one of my favorite spring sights this year.

A dog that looks like she's laughing or sneezing ... and some heart rocks.

Heart cactus. They are everywhere!

Pup cup joy! Some of the whipped cream made a heart on Hercules' nose.

Shark hearts! Denver Meow Wolf is an experience! The art is weird and wonderful.

A few more hearts spotted at Denver Meow Wolf.

Exploring a green house at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Walking around the beautiful Denver Botanic Gardens.

See the sideways heart here? This was also at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

My friend ordered chicken in Denver and it came out heart shaped.

I met up with college friends in Denver in March and we had the best food everywhere. This cute heart was on deviled eggs appetizer.

White tennis shoes and a heart.

I was feeling anxious the evening this photo was taken. I went on a long walk with my dog and found this heart! It made me feel like some things will work out.

Broken cactus in the shape of a heart.

More white tennis shoes and a heart. This was taken on UNM campus.

Someone made a huge heart rock collection at the beginning of the Embudito Trail in Albuquerque! I love it!

"We are born whole but need each other to be complete."

Hiking view and a heart.

I LOVE backlit love.

I had to find at least one heart to leave behind with the heart rock display at the Embudito Trailhead.

I found two heart rocks to leave with this beautiful display created by someone else.

Spotted in my neighborhood. I love chalk pictures.

Hercules loves his chicken treats! This one happened to come out heart shaped.

It's March and spring winds have arrived in Albuquerque. Trash flying everywhere isn't great, but this wind-blown grocery bag made a heart.

This was taken in the bathroom at Petsmart during a training session with Hercules.

Heart on UNM campus. I've been extra vigilant lately about stopping to take photos of love.

I attend class in this room three times per week. The heart on the door is a nice 'hello' every day.

Heart coffee and a messy kitchen table.

Cute little orange peel heart!

Prickly pear love

Sweet sidewalk message

See a heart? Stop and take a picture.

A heart spotted by one of the water fountains on UNM campus on my way to class.

My mom sent heart Cheerios in the mail for Valentine's Day. Of course she did! She's the most thoughtful Queen of Hearts.

Heart leaves and some monkeys in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Monkeys fighting over heart boxers on the Jungle Cruise in Disney World.

"I'll meet you outside, I have to take a picture of something." Of course that "something" was a heart in the Tiki Room in the Magic Kingdom. This was a wonderful trip with my mom and Travis.