117/365 Buttons

I spent the morning with a cute 2 year old and the afternoon with my biggest cheerleader. Mom and I had brunch together at an awesome Mediterranean restaurant in the city today. The food was excellent. We were both beyond pleased!

We reached the restaurant about an hour before our reservations, so we decided to pass the time by visiting some of the local shops. We finally just sat on a bench and began to discuss The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. She had seen the movie weeks ago, I had recently rented the DVD. The overall message for mom was that we have to enjoy the time we have and to live without regrets. I'm still thinking about all of the lessons I learned and about the things I enjoyed about the film. Sometimes lessons hit quickly and other times they surface over a period of days.

This dusty miller plant was growing in a pot beside our bench. I pulled out my handy macro and focused on the flowers. Yellow is my favorite color and the light was perfect in this spot.

4/365 Textured Ab

I didn't leave the house today, so finding something abstract was harder than I thought it would be; again I had to go to my plan B. The vision in my head for Plan A did not translate well to paper, but the process of coming up with the idea was fun.

This Plan B shot started out totally centered in the frame. It was okay, but not as interesting as when I spliced it in half, converted it to black and white and added texture. Now it's a little more interesting, but still not what I planned.

Lesson: Do your best with whatever you have in front of you.

Tomorrow: Architecture.