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photo from 2014, Carmel, CA

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the latest in the neighborhood series. i deleted the one i posted yesterday because it just looked like a strange picture of someone’s garage door! i hope this doesn’t look like a strange picture of someone’s front windows! 🙂

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after a few overcast days with no neighborhood series,  i was able to catch this late in the afternoon today. yay!

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today’s addition to the neighborhood series.

when i took the shot i noticed that there were some wonderful highlights of red in it, and it looked so summery and alive. i had to have a color version of the picture because it’s so lovely. personally, i like the color one a lot better, but i also had to keep the continuity of the series.

quite a difference!

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this is the latest photograph in the ‘neighborhood’ series.

this series has been really good for me. i am just taking shots at places in my neighborhood (who would have guessed? lol)

that are close enough for me to walk to. that’s a big deal for me. my agoraphobia has lifted enough that i can go outside in public places. i have a purpose to be out there…getting a shot for everyday’s neighborhood photo. it’s getting to be a bit of a ritual.

it makes me feel good because i have a goal i can reach. i haven’t had a day yet that i couldn’t get a picture i liked. some are better than others, but i think that’s just how a project like this works.

it’s important for me to get out and moving around because my bursitis and arthritis (let’s write a musical!) keep me in the house, stuck in one spot, all day. i didn’t walk far, but it was enough to find a new picture and enjoy the sun and the flowers all over people’s porches. yay!

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the latest installment in the neighborhood series.

occasionally i include the rest of the series in one of the new posts just so people can get a better feel for what i’m doing and i think they’re more pleasing to see together. so here are the rest! (not in order because it doesn’t matter what comes first or last or in between.)

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another in the neighborhood series.

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part of the neighborhood series.

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part of the neighborhood series.