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hydrant study

I arrived at DB for Sunday brunch around 10 and for whatever reason they weren't opening until 10:30. Sara hadn't yet arrived and fortunately I had my camera to entertain myself with...I had a book too but needed to walk. The first object to catch my eye was the rusty fire hydrant...I did spot my first crocus of the season but found the hydrant a much more interesting study. (I don't even want to know what choosing rust over flowers reveals about me!)

I know I'm strange but I just love the rust against the patina green.

tea time

[I am] a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of the fascinating plant; who with tea amused the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and with tea welcomed the morning.  ~Samuel Johnson

And to Samuel Johnson, I raise my mug and say, "Here! Here!"

an artist's world

The artist's world is limitless.  It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away.  It is always on his doorstep.  ~Paul Strand

...or on her windowsill. I consider my photography "art" only in the sense that it is a means of expression..of what I'm always certain :-)  Often there are little "stories" behind the images I shoot which is why I enjoy having this blog. The jar of buttons above were my grandmother's, for example. Her "art" was her quilting and sewing.

art & i

Art and I are like best friends, like salt and pepper, or socks. ~ primary student

bicycle silhouette

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
~Friedrich Nietzsche

empty journal

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.   Sylvia Plath

Grey skies and damp air have curbed my enthusiasm to shoot photos today. I had hoped to return to my habit of adding a photo a day to this blog and I guess I shouldn't really blame the foul weather for my own lack of creativity. So I decided to shot what was "at hand" -- the journal I am preparing for an upcoming trip (between bouts of laundry and packing). Having fulfilled that self-imposed pledge, I'm back to my art toys (and laundry and packing and cleaning).

fun @ ikea

I stopped at Ikea on the way home from school today to get a desklamp but got photos instead...I feared that the store employees might tell me it was against store policy to take photos so I tried to hide my camera under my scarf between shots.  When I realized that most of the employees weren't old enough to drink or vote, I stopped hiding the camera.  Besides, I think I was beginning to look like a first-time shop lifter.

quilt

rusty spout

 

for sale

drove somewhat aimlessly around G'burg and a small gated yard with this fire engine caught my eye...it had a For Sale sign in the window...tempting, I admit but it would be a B to park.

ps...thanks to miles at mute and his skate rental photo for inspiring to get out and practice shooting