People's Feet

I was at a family gathering with my fancy new camera and what do I find myself taking pictures of?   People's feet.

The Fame Game

Even our Home Depot wants to get in on the action.

Apparently, a portion of the movie BIG was filmed 

in the space.

Hmm...

Flag ceremony

When dropping off my son at Camp Pendleton, I was in the right place at the right time to be able to see the lowering of the flag.

Castle on the Hill

There's a new castle on the hill across the way. Seems to have just popped up over night.

Crazy Cool Combo in Union Square

This afternoon, I came upon this crazy combo while I was walking in Union Square.

It was a "funk band"

(kind of)

Bagpipes & Drummer

Jamming away in front of the Andy Warhol statue

The ice cream truck in the background provided the audience with frozen treats.

Sundays in NYC

Mailbox

Not really sure what this mailbox is made from but thought it unique.

Still noticing

I realized this morning at 6am that I had forgotten to post my daily photo for the blog; ugh! It's not that I hadn't noticed anything throughout my day or that I hadn't taken any photos; I noticed many things like the "humane" animal trapping van on the fwy that had the logo "happy trapping" on it, the white Toyota entirely covered with red State Farm Insurance advertising, an annoying mockingbird chasing and continuously pecking the head of a frustrated squirrel, my grandson's bravery as he ventures through the playground tunnel that weeks ago he'd only stare through and shake his head no when encouraged to enter, and with all this "noticing" time and my memory slipped away from me and I settled in and fell asleep after midnight and floated off to dreamland without a blog thought; my apologies but as we have all experienced, life happens and we go along with the flow.

Crazy Newfangled Gadget

I got a camera! A pretty darn nice one, too. And it scares me a little. Why? Shooting film should be the scary camera. Digital should be so easy - push a button and there it is. But a million buttons with icons that I can hardly see, let alone decifer, do not make me feel confident. I want knobs and dials with f-stops and shutter speeds.  Already I'm missing the process of film.

So here I am, watching one of the three DVDs that came with the camera (there are also two cds and one fat old-fashioned paper manual).

I have charged the battery and formated the memory card, and am wondering what's happened to the world and how am I going to survive if all the tactile experiences, all the process is removed from my life. And I can't take any time to notice anything today . . . except that I feel very old as I fumble along with this crazy newfangled gadget!

Cool graffiti/mural

Old Photos

I think I've finally decided on the camera I want. It will probably be the most expensive thing I have ever purchased for myself. Sort of exciting. But I'd better get one tomorrow because I have pretty much run out of old photos that I can bend to my needs for this daily blog.

So . . . wish me luck on my shopping spree tomorrow. And this, hopefully, will be my last "old photo" post.

The family grocery business in Crockston, MN.
My dad's father's business went under during the Depression and they moved to California.
 I wonder who was it that had a camera back then.

Round apartments

When I was a kid, I thought this round apartment building was the absolute coolest and wanted to live there; after all these years, still think it's pretty cool.

Workin' at the Y

Sharing Hawaiian music and stories and hula with kids at the Y

Feeling blessed

Pink roses

Loving spring and all its blooms.

Christopher Street

Christopher Street

Greenwich Village

NYC

(A reminder of another era)

No One Has What We Have

Sitting in the backyard, D. looked up at our rustling palm trees and said, "No one has two palm trees in their backyard." (I thought about that. Palm trees in one's yard doesn't seem too out of the ordinary, but I didn't say anything.) "Or stairs out their back door that go UP to their backyard." (Yeah, that's a little unusual, but we do live on a hill, so there are probably others.) "Or a bathtub like that," he said pointing. (No, not too many bathtubs like that, I readily and happily admit.)

Shell treasures

My found treasures draining in my colander.

Which train is the next to leave?

When confronted by two trains 

sitting side-by-side

signs like this make life a little bit easier.

Dreaming of a Camera

Cactus nest in Joshua Tree Nat'l Park

Last night I had dreams of walking in unfamiliar neighborhoods, lost but not lost. In every yard was something interesting to notice. I kept saying, "Dang, I wish I had a camera because THAT would be great for the blog!"

Woke up this morning with a new determination to find the right camera for me. Heading out, right now, to a camera shop where I know the sales people will be patient with an old 35mm-lover like me.

Legos

This trio is made entirely of Legos; I find it incredibly awesome.

Construction Permits

There's more paperwork than construction happening at this work site.

Hmm...