Thorny Puffs

This technically isn't the best photo I have taken but something about it has stuck with me and I wanted to share it. The wind was blowing pretty hard so it was nearly impossible to get it in focus. I did ask my 14 year old son to hold it not noticing that there were thorns on it. He got stuck pretty bad. oops!

San Diego Flowers

I almost forgot that I had wanted to post these as part of my San Diego photos! I used my new lens that the boys had given me for Mom's day. It is a selective focus which is why there is fuzziness around the edges. These roses were in a friends garden. If you look closely, there is a bee inside the yellow one.

I love this flower and the way the selective lens throws the surrounding parts out of focus. Again, there is an insect friend on this flower too!

New Shoes/Old Shoes part 11

This particular pair of shoes caught my eye, as well... I love that this boy thought nothing of showing up to a dance with two different laces on his shoes not to mention that he is wearing skate shoes to a dance where most of the kids have on suits and dress shoes. I also love that his mom didn't raise a stink about it... let the boys be boys i say!

New Shoes/Old Shoes

My son's 8th grade dance was this past Friday night. The girls were all in their finest and the boys, well they were dressed like boys-- some were dressed better than others. The first pair of shoes belongs to a young man who's family rented him a Zoot Suit for the occasion. Have you ever seen one of these? Think over sized and dapper. I particularly liked this pair of shoes.. very fancy...

Street Graffiti

I went to see the Giants play a few weeks ago. We parked a ways out from Pac Bell and on the way back we saw this incredible mural. It was nighttime so I had to use a flash on it. I want to go back and look at it better in the day light. I love seeing the unexpected-- this kind of stuff gets me jazzed!!