Wet Rose

I debated long and hard

about whether to post this photo.

I was concerned that 

since the primary subject -

the beautiful pink rose -

is slightly out of focus

it would be considered by most observers

to be less than acceptable.

* * *

Then I thought,

"Hey."

This is an amateur photographer's personal blog.

I am not trying to win any contests.

I do not do this to make a living.

No one is inspecting my work.

AND

I can post any photo I darn well please.

So.

The Wet Rose

is here.

I think the flower itself is beautiful,

especially the color;

and the additional interest

of the many raindrops

on its petals

made it an irresistible subject for me.

(I just mishandled the focal setting

on my venerable point-and-shoot Canon.

Oh, well.)

Taken 26 August 2011.

Ready for Spring

The official calendar start of spring

is still a couple of weeks away,

but I am sooooo ready

for it to be here 

right now.

!!!

!

Seriously.

This pic was taken along the recreational path

in Pacific Grove, California,

between Lover's Point

and Point Pinos

where Monterey Bay

meets the Pacific Ocean.

The botanicals

are iceplant in bloom.

Always stunning.

Taken 13 May 2011.

Frog with Underbite

I was never quite able to figure out what was causing

these funny eye-shaped reflections,

but I noticed that in conjunction with 

the odd projection at the base of the wall

this gives the appearance of a

sleepy frog with an underbite.

Taken 13 May 2011.

Reflections of Abandonment

The former Fort Ord on California's Central Coast

still has many unused buildings

nearly twenty years after the post was closed.

This is a wet loading dock behind one of the buildings.

Taken 7 October 2011.

Fabric Pattern #11

A relatively mild pattern in the carpet at a DC hotel.

Vaguely suggests square floor tiles,

but...

a kind of ominous repitition

of goats' heads.

Taken 16 November 2010.

Old Stone Portal

A stone portal

probably more than two hundred years old

near one of the adobes close to 

Monterey, California's

Custom House Plaza.

Also close by:

Fisherman's Wharf,

Portola Plaza,

a business complex called Heritage Harbor.

A walk down the bicycle/recreational path

will take you to Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium,

Lover's Point, San Carlos Beach, the Coast Guard Pier, and more.

Taken 31 December 2010.

Cherry's # 17

I always let these pictures speak for themselves.

Taken at Laguna Seca, 27 September 2009.