Accidental Art

Have you ever wanted to take a picture, but either the wrong setting on the camera or the lack/excess of light prevented you from doing so? Well, that happens all the time and instead of the desired view, you often get clumsy swirls or spotty circles.  Do not rush to delete those accidental shots as they may become a very cool art. Here I have a few shots that I took at night from a moving car; and because of the particular setting that I used, the shutter speed of the camera was a few seconds long and my pictures ended up very swirly and obscure.  Anyway, you probably have taken shots like that at some point when shooting at night. So, what to do with those kinds of pictures?  I took my night shots worked the light and shadow to make the colors pop, and used a simple sequence to make it worth putting in the frame :)

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Pimp your car....with toys!

One day on my way home I came across this funky car parked on the side of the road and attracting people with its coolness. It was calling you to come over and look in more detail what was on the car. I came closer and saw hundreds of toys, anything from the Star Trek collectibles to PEZ candy holders. Needless to say this car was a masterpiece. This car made me wonder about the owner :) This is actually a great way to utilize your childhood toys :P

For people who like cartoons this car represents a jewel. For about five minutes I was there with my camera; my eyes were running all over the car recognizing cartoon/comics characters. It was fun. 

Mike from Monsters Inc.

Bender from Futurama

How many characters can you find?

Weird Fish

There is a Thai restaurant in Boston in Kenmore square. This place has a special memory for us because my husband and I had our very first date there. The food is delicious, my favorite is Crispy Basil Shrimp; my husband loves their Chicken Pad Thai. 

The place is great, but this post is about a fish. They have a fish tank in the restaurant with only one fish in it, but that fish is worth seeing :) Take a look:

Looks like an alien 

Autumn

Inspired by the Fall season: 

Pictures are from the Grandfather's mountain

Linville Caverns, NC

On Sunday we went to see the caverns and it was so much fun. We got to experience the total darkness, saw the bottomless pool and a lot of really cool stalagmites and stalactites. 

We saw a little bat :)

Trip to the mountains

Today we went to the Grandfather mountain. We couldn't wish for a better day. The weather was amazing and, even though trees lost most of their leaves, mountains still looked breathtaking. I hope you enjoy these pictures that I was able to put up so far. I promise there will be more :)

Blue Ridge Parkway

Here are some more pictures: