Recognize this one? I have this photo on my credit card & it strikes up a lot of interesting conversations about California.

This is the view of Barcelona and the sea from Parc Guell. Designed by Antoni Gaudi, just about everything in the park looks like part of an elaborate gingerbread layout.

Sean and Jaden - you'd think that they're brothers, but they're just friends with a common love of spiky hair. (photofriday: youth!)

The Caltrain San Francisco terminus - Early October, 2001.

Still life in the front yard.

Taken in Ithaca, NY. I think the style of this photograph is reminiscent of Magritte - the images below give some examples.

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Part of my dorm room freshman year - this picture was taken just as we were moving out.

Sea Anenomes (Photo Friday: Crowded) www.photofriday.com

Octopi... yum! It was an interesting sight to visit this market in Japan during a week of eating lots of sushi and other seafood.

These grapes grow on an arbor along the side of our house in Missouri. They make two things every year: a big mess and delicious jelly.

The view from St. Mary's Park in San Francisco. I thought the Celtic design on the playground made an unexpected combination with the buildings.

An Old Fashioned - my neighbor mixed this drink up for me. It looks better than it actually tasted.

I've heard that this picture is a little hard to figure out at first - but it's a reflection as seen in a puddle filled with leaves.

Pigeons in an underpass, Amsterdam

My roommate, viewing an installation at the Tate Modern, London.

Ceiling of The Bellagio, Las Vegas 

Beginning with a favorite: San Francisco, Financial District