Pretty cool Sign

Liberty All Aglow

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. ~ Bill Cosby

This is my final Liberty piece, at least until I happen to shoot more.  And, I must say, I saved my favorite for last.  Love the colors, love the lights, love the shapes.  If I could, I think I would hang a sign like this up in my own kitchen.  Of course it would have to say something different, and maybe be a different color - like red.  But, you get the idea.  Tres chic.

Long Weekend For Me

Liberty Market

Why is it . . . that when you take some time off you seem to be more tired at the end of that time than you would normally be?  Took a few days off from work to enjoy the weekend and boy, now that it's Sunday night, I am super tired.  But it was all worth it.  Had some fun this long weekend, got some things done around the house that have been needed to be done and spent an entire day visiting three of my favorite restaurants.  This one of those restaurants.  Although, when we were there over the weekend, it was super early in the morning.

I hope each of you had a terrific weekend.  Now it is time to get back to normal life . . .

Bridges

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There are a couple things going on in this picture that I really like.  I love the look of neon lights.  And to me, every time I see one of these photos taken where the lights from traffic all come together to create one continuous motion, it makes me think of neon lights.  I'm not sure why like neon lights so much but I do.  I think maybe they remind me of coke which I also really like. 

And, I have just come to a realization tonight.  I was having a hard time picking out a photo to share tonight.  Nothing was jumping out at me.  And trust me, it's not from lack of material.  I usually sift through my files and files and files and something jumps out at me as the photo that I want to share.  And tonight, I just could not decide on anything.  And as I was looking at the dozens of photos that I took of this bridge, I realized that I may like bridges almost as much as I like staircases.  I do love the look of certain bridges.  My all time favorite bridge is Memorial Bridge in Washington DC.  It is beautiful.  Sometimes when I was in town with my friends we would drive out of our way just to drive over it.  Okay, probably a lot more times than not, we would drive out of our way to drive over it.  Love that bridge.

Do you want to know a bridge I do not like?  The one going over the bay on the way to Ocean City, Maryland or Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  I cannot remember the name of the bridge - it might even be called the Bay Bridge.  But that bridge always scared me.  It is much too long and much, much too high.  I know that my family will know exactly which bridge I am referring to and the name of it.  Maybe somebody can help me out with that?

Somewhere In The Middle

In The Middle

A continuation from last night. This trash can was sitting out in the middle of an open area. It was a little strange and yet perfectly at home. What I really loved are the concrete squares with lights pouring out of them. Very interesting to me. Again, I can see doing some really fun portrait work there. I may have to consider some work in this area along with a staircase project that I've been wanting to work on. Ooooh, the possibilities. Now I'm getting all excited again.


You know, it's pretty funny, but when I was taking these pictures I was getting some pretty interesting looks. My family that was with me . . . well to them it was just another day with me.

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison

And so, as we sit here and look at this picture - In The Middle - I hope that you are not finding yourself stuck in the middle. For the middle should be a point where you find that you have come very far and yet have very far to go.

May we all be in the middle taking the first step toward something new. I believe that is where we begin to find what we are truly capable of - when we are always in motion, moving toward a goal.

Lighting Can Make All The Difference.

Lit From Behind

A fun family outing led to this scene. This was an area that was all metal and concrete and lighting. Immediately I fell in love. I really want to take some family pics in front of that lit wall. For now, I will make due with the metal trashcan and, wait a minute, is that a staircase at the very edge? Oh how I do love staircases.