Sloopy's a LADY?!

Okay! So, my friend who is also kind of turning out to be my muse, sent me a link to Swirly Girl, whose journal is based around gorgeous pictures - looks like one a day.

And so, today, I was like, Okay! I'd been meaning to carry my camera around anyway, because there always seems to be good stuff to take pictures of (even here) and I used to carry it around and that was good. So, I got it out today and stuck it in my bag and: voila: ...

Okay, well, it's up at the top. You've probably already noticed it.

But, anyway, this is part of an attempt to be conscious of beauty in the world that I'm normally overlooking. For instance, tonight as I was walking from the bookstore to my car, I looked up to find two stoplights perfectly framed in the empty flower pot hangers on a light post. The sky was darkening, a shade of vibrant blue that only happens for 3 minutes at night, and so I walked back to the car and got the camera and took the picture. It was too dark, and I wasn't able to hold still well enough, so it didn't really come out. But it, like the pots and the mail, is a start. From now on I will make the walk back to the car and take the picture. So to speak.