Golden hour is a special time in my backyard, this plant is called a bird of paradise. It’s big leaves are to capture light and maximize it’s potential for growth in typically tropical environments. It captures the light beautifully, making quite the sight to see from the kitchen.
Often I enjoy studying at the Los Altos community center after school. The woody simplistic architecture calms me and when I look at the window it’s funny seeing time go by as the shadows become more stark in the distance, covering the colorful furniture.
Whenever I look into my dad’s eyes, I get jealous that I didn’t inherit his green eyes. However, sometimes I remember how my grandma, when arguing with her sister, was always told her eyes looked like pickles in milk. So maybe not inheriting those light iris was a good thing after all.
As I approach the new year, I think about all the things I’ve come to love after hating when I was a kid. As shown in the picture, I used to hate Diet Coke and all carbonated drinks. I thought it was the most disgusting thing humanity has made, yet as my palette matured, so …
I remember the first time my mom knew I had allergies and needed bottled water for my sinus rinse, she bought so much water in bulk. It felt like we were about to enter an apocalypse. It’s always funny going in the garage and seeing the piles of water bottles awaiting for use.
This holiday season my mom has gifted me a polar bear pop socket. She said the texture reminded her of my childhood stuffed animals and that the cute bow made the bear quite gentlemanly. She told me “if this little bear were on your phone every day, maybe he’d be a new talisman”. That made …
Since taking a picture in AWB is quite easy, I figured I should take a picture of simplicity. Thankfully after winter the persimmon tree becomes lively with bright leaves and captues light beautifully. I look forward for the autumn when the stunning orange fruits come to be shared.
While the photo may seem almost like a water painting, it’s because it the reflection of fall trees in a large puddle after some morning rain. The ripples and long tree branches create leading lines to the big dark green tree in the bottom left area of the photo.
The main subject is one of my teddies named Albert. He sits in my library next to my red desk and often wears a Christmas hat during the holiday season. In this photo he’s next to a lamp and pulls the main visual weight to himself by taking up most of the frame and having …