just a visit

I took this at my dads grave site. I don't go there very much because I don't believe there is any value to the spot where a dead body is left. I believe the dead live on through the living they have influenced. So seeing my dad in my family is just as good if not better than going to a grassy field with random flowers and other stone blocks everywhere. I go back every few years just so I don't forget where it is. I ended up there the other day and happened to have my camera so I clicked a few and this is the one I like the most.

oh sunsets

I was able to catch the sunsetting in pacifica last night. The clouds are so dramatic and the sun is sharp. I wish I could have hung out longer but it was so windy and my little sweatshirt could only do its job for so long.

wires n clouds

if the wires can't be removed to get the picture they must be apart of the picture! I guess that's just the mentality I'll have to choose

sittin

I like this view from behind (reminder I like people's backs) They were some the lucky few that were on a stage with chairs and got to enjoy the parade a little more us commoners forced into each other in the crowd. It was grandparents and a child; a cute bonding moment.

walking home

looking up

on the street..

drummers japenesey

cherry blossom parade

Today was a frickin hot day for us san franciscans! I am a sunset girl and will take the fog over sun any day so today all I wanted to do was stay in my apartment and hide from those bright rays. However that would mean i'd have clean my apartment which I guess I hate that more than being in the sun. For some reason I decided to check out the cherry blossom parade even though I've always said I didn't want to go because there are too many people. So I ventured down to Japan town and walked preppy side of filmore and into Jtown. Holy moly was I right about the crowds of people and it was hot! I decided to do a little walk around and pushed my through snapping pictures if there was ever a space between heads and a good shot to take. It took me two hours to walk three blocks down and back and I was sweating almost as much as after one of my bikram yoga classes. I am not totally enthralled with any of the pictures I took but truly feel I worked hard for each shot captured so much so that I actually wrote all this down so everyone can know what a bitch it was for me to do. I can just hear my mom's voice saying "you must really love it" I'll post more pitures later...

ggb v. sutro w/ fog as a ref

stop

i found this image real hard to capture how i wanted it and am not even sure if this is it but it'll do and after seeing it few times i've grown to like it so i decided to share it

newspaper stands like city buildings

I like the shadows in this pic. They remind of a city skyscape or whatever that's called with sizes of buildings lining up. I had a few drinks at this time and it was at night so I'm happy that it's a little in focus and the truck driving by is real cool.

pretty flowers

sun saying good bye

down but not out

I like this daisy. It's all alone and has been stepped on and it's petals are mangled but it's still living. I have to remember that there's lives out there that I have it a lot harder than me and this daisy is just another reminder.

pretty

L O V E

either texture or ocean category either way i love it.

just a little while ago...

buddies hiking

this is in ojai which is near santa paula which in southern california. those are lifelong buddies; hiking a trail (well at this moment there happen to be trail but there wasn't a trail the whole time). the hills are pretty and are kinda simular to the heights of the amigos.

dead and alive what more can i say

ok so the list of my favorite things to capture in a picture are (in no order):

clouds
textures
backs of people
skys through trees
ocean
dead and alive plants!!!

i'll take this path

I'm not sure what I'm doing nowadays. It's kinda fraking me out because I've never known where i'd go but always where I was and now I'm not sure of either. As I was browsing through my photos for todays blog selection this one popped out at me. At first all I saw was the fenced in path on a cliff and I thought how perfect for me like living on the edge but still safe. Then I saw that you can see the end off in the distance and the ocean like the white light shining guilding to the right way. So I thought well sure i'll take that path but how can i translate that into my reality?

through the trees

through some trees that are looking over muir beach and then a hill and then lots of ocean and then my city..

right here right now

i get to be surrounded by the joy, the mystery, the colors and the knowledge of my big bro's book shop. (don't tell him i'm blogging though)

and this more how i feel

messed up and entangled

where i'd like to be

today, tomorrow and for rest of my life. this is my ideal type of life.

simplier ways

i wish life could be as simple as black and white. ok not all the time but lately.

corona heights

basil's on the left i'm on the right, we're taking pictures of my amazing city with the sun setting behind us.

oranges

this plant was climbing over this wall. the oranges felt like they about to fall but didn't want to because the fall was too far. so i leaned up against the wall and tried to capture suspense.

little bit

little bit of you.
little bit of me.
little bit dead.
little bit alive.
little bit yellow.
little bit brown.
little bit here.

focusing issues

i'm not sure if i have just gotten used to seeing things out of focus or what but i love this picture! i love that most of leaves are blurry except the ones farthest away, kinda like the light at the end of the tunnel. what a beautiful day!

just a little creek

flowers to brighten your day!

sf windmill

this is the windmill in golden gate park on a beautiful san franciscan day. I can't remember ever getting this close to it in all of m 26 years in this city and after seeing it up close it seem a lot more powerful to me rather than the staple landmark in the park. so i was able to take pictures of it in a different way after.

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