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—TS Eliot

I had a lovely Saturday outing with my friend Amanda. On the way home, I stopped by the hardware store & decided to walk home, shooting photos in the waning light. I snapped this just down the street from the corner of 4th & Mission Streets ... and it turned out EXACTLY the way I wanted it to. I'm drawn to sparkly strands of lights like a moth to a flame, so the sunshiney lens flare was just a bonus. ;)

This week's 52 weeks theme is "sparkle" though this could also potentially be considered "unique perspective" if you look larger & see where my focus is. <3

― Pablo Neruda

For Paint The Moon's Let's Do 52 project. This week's theme is "negative space."

My mother-in-law's garden really is the most amazing year-round flower producer I've ever seen.

—James Allen

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For Paint The Moon's Let's Do 52 project.

I'm turning 30 this year, and think about responsibility and adulthood almost constantly. Last night I was also faced with a family emergency that kept us unexpectedly up all night and worried for the future. I took this self-portrait in the sunrise of my mother-in-law's backyard immediately after arriving back at her house at 7:30am. I think it shows.

Taken with picplz in San Francisco, CA.

California Academy of Sciences
August 11th, 2011