Hats Off

Psychedelic swirl shot on my kitchen floor

No, this is not some Photoshop experiment gone wrong - it's what happens when I am trapped at home all day long. A good thing about having that photographer's heart beating inside me is, that I rarely get bored, because there's always something to play around with. A bad thing about it is, that non-photographers often wonder "why" and roll their eyes... But just in case anyone out there wonders "what" and "how" - this is an empty red wine goblet sitting atop my rather colorful hat, LOL. I wish I had a better macro lens, mine's something of a cheapy and won't render ultimate sharpness no matter what. But I greatly enjoyed playing around with those psychedelic optics, hopefully so will you. Straight out of the camera, no Photoshop or post processing involved.

Re-cycled

Retro-cycles as seen here in Kismet are the main means of transportation on Fire Island

Today I went for a what I thought was going to be a short walk along the beach, but the cloudy yet warm weather seemed perfect for a longer excursion. Starting at Robert Moses Beach, I walked all the way to the first little vacation village on the Fire Island National Seashore (appropriately shortened to "FINS"). Since no cars other than Ranger and emergency vehicles are allowed anywhere on Fire Island, bicycles are the main means of transportation and can be found everywhere. Mostly they are so-called "beach cruisers" and of the old-fashioned kind, as this lovely pair in pink and blue so nicely illustrates.

Got Tongue?

Believe it or not - it does get longer

Haha, gotcha! You expected some waves or a boat or maybe a red ball. Nope, today my doggie's tongue is as good as it gets. Stayed in all day obsessing over some silly CSS problem related to my website and the only time I found to take any pics was when I took Boris to the park to throw some tennisballs for him. His togue has always been a source of amusement to anybody around. It just gets long and longer, and yes, it will get longer than this on a hot day...