feelin' a bit antsy and artsy...

One part of me isn't ready to leave Mexico. Another part of me can't wait to get to Europe. A little homesick part of me wants to go home and eat Freedom burritos and Psycho Donuts and hang out with Kali Lou.

All parts of me have been itching for some quality time with my camera, and I've been trying to warm up a bit for Europe. I've been super frustrated by not being able to take my good camera out with me (nothing screams "I'm a gringa, please steal this thing," quite like a big ol' Nikon), and I've resorted to taking pics in the apartment building. Most are intensely boring, but here are a few that I thought were sort of cool. Sort of.

vertical blinds in our room

the light was cool and got to practice a bit with focusing and depth-of-field. the little chain actually makes a pretty cool pattern, I think

a few signs just across the street

I love all the different textures in this shot: the thick stucco, the ragged wood of the telephone pole, the smooth metal signs, the flaky paint, the ceramic roof, the bars on the windows

once again, on the rooftop

I didn't even set this up, the clothespins were already clipped all haphazardly on the line and the sun was setting, giving cool light and a difusable (?) backdrop

closeup/depth-of-field practice

Okay, so this one's obviously not at the apartment building. This one's from one of 'my walks' to Paseo Santa Lucia, using the point-and-shoot: