Fabric Pattern #13

Here is a delightful, whimsical pattern

found on the cushions of some of the

chairs in the lobby of Portola Plaza.

I kept hoping to find one of the fish

swimming in the opposite direction!

Taken 7 January 2011.

Following the lights...

Here I'm sharing a little bit of experimental light-play.

Mix a foggy, damp, grey morning

with various light subjects

and you get this effect.

I like the abstract nature

(is that an oxymoron?)

of this composition.

Taken 5 December 2012.

Front Yard Mushrooms

Of all the front yards

in all the world,

these mushrooms picked mine

to show up in.

They were tiny.

Their canopies no larger than a dime.

Nestled as they were

among the pine needles,

the eucalyptus leaves,

and the mulch,

they were real

attention-getters,

practically screaming out

in their squeaky imaginary voices,

"Me! Me! Take my picture!"

So, you see,

I couldn't help it.

The voices told me to do it.

Taken 16 December 2012.

Union Hotel & Saloon

Here is the not-to-be-missed

UNION HOTEL & SALOON

in Los Alamos, California.

Check your guns at the door!

On the ceiling!

These shots taken on 29 February 2012.