Just Walk On By

I rode my bike to a trail by my house today.  I then proceeded to sit down with a good book...as well as my camera next to me...looking like a camera.  But instead of it just sitting there, it was taking video of the feet that walked by me.  After some good reading and some good footage, I went home and extracted one frame from every group of people or individual that walked past me.  After putting them in chronological order, I ended up with this...

Bikes, Strollers, and Shoes

It was interesting to hear bits and pieces of different conversations.  My desire was to string them together as well, but apparently I had something mostly covering the microphone.  All I could make out was the shriek of the child in the stroller.

Pregnant Photography

This is a section of photography that I have not delved into very deeply.  I have done this just a few times.  Four times I think.  And pretty much each time has included other children running around making photography...harder.

 Hold On Tight

Here is a stomach.  The soft colors are quite nice.

A Kiss

A cute kid kisses his brother.

Heart

The awfully generic hand heart.  

Black Raspberries

My sister's husband's grandparents (if you can follow that, well done) have a few acres of land.  Apparently they used to have quite the garden, covering much of that land.  Now, though, they don't have the time to really keep up with all that produce maintenance.  They do still grow some things, just not as much as they once did.  They also have other family members, capable of doing some of the work.  Enter my wife, myself, my mother, my sister, and of course her husband (the necessary connection).  My sister and her husband were told that if the black raspberry bushes weren't picked, the berries would all go bad.  So my sister gathered all of us together and we went and picked away.  My wife and I came home with a basket filled with delicious berries.

The Bushes

They only have one row of berries, but the plants are pretty big.  Even after other people had picked through them, we were able to find many big juicy berries.

The Berries

Here is one of those big juicy berries, ready to be plucked.

The Bounty

Surprisingly, we took a good amount home.  Eating 50% straight from the bushes and still filling a basket is rather impressive. 

My Uncle

Due to my sister's wedding, much (extended) family time occupied my day.  Even with many people around that I normally don't see, I just didn't think to take my camera out until around midnight.  This uncle was the last person to leave.  He is an awesome uncle.  I just searched his name and the school where he teaches...the article title "Mars Pathfinding in the Channeled Scabland" came up.  He worked with NASA for the Mars Pathfinder Mission.  Pretty sweet.

Uncle

He is probably thinking about some phase of the moon while making my mother think he is actually paying attention to what she is saying.