Blossoms and Berries: OB Farmer's Market

There is just something so unique, ridiculous, bazaar, and AMAZING about OB Farmers Market. This rare gathering of street performers, hippies, earthy farmers, meat, veggies, flowers, and sweets melt together to form what is wednesday afternoons in Ocean Beach. Combine all of that with a long lost friend, good conversation, a friendly bluegrass guitar player, and a few too many handfuls of warm kettle corn and ta dah you have a wonderful full evening of happiness. Welcome back to my life OB farmers market, i've missed you.

A Tourist in My Own City

Sometimes I forget the beauty of the place I call home. Honestly, where else can you run along the beach lined with palm trees, gaze out at the ocean, and turn your head 180 degrees only to find a beautiful mountain range lined with white pristine mansions? I'm pretty darn lucky and I often fail to recognize it. Yesterday I had an "Angie afternoon", I spent a couple hours walking along coast village road, stopping in boutiques, sitting at Jeannines Bakery with a coffee and slice of zucchini bread...and it was glorious. I took my camera along and snapped a few shots, very amateur, but hey I'm working on it :)

Cute little kiddie clothes! Granted they were extremely overpriced. Regardless my kids are gonna be the most stylish tots around :)

I feel refreshed just looking at this picture!

This couple was so cute, they sat there in silence most of the time enjoying tea and salads. I often feel the need to always be talking to someone when i'm with them, but I need learn the value and beauty of silence.

Starbucks...my happy juice

Artsy? Probably not...i tried!

I've been trying to live by the wisdom of His book

Christmas in July

Why is it that as we grow older the little things in life lose their luster? I mean, I'm only 19, but because my job forces me to be around little kids all day i forget how exciting the little things used to be. It's incredible to me the amount of joy a green popsicle, or a ladybug, or merely a hug can bring little ones.
Well, this week I experienced a small piece of that joy, I call it my Christmas in July. On Thursday my baby was delivered...on my front door step, by mail, don't worry it's not that time yet mom :). My baby Nikon d3000 arrived and I was like a giddy 6 year old waiting to open presents on Christmas morning. Ever since it arrived i've caught this disease that causes me to experience the symptom of obsessive photographing. I literally want to take pictures of everything and my friends roll their eyes at me as I pause to snap a quick picture of the cupcake perched on the tiered plate display, but I don't care because, well, it's just so much fun! I really have no clue what I'm doing, but I'm learning, and hopefully that learning will turn into knowing and my little Nikon d3000 will be used the way it was meant to be.
Here's a few snapshots of my weekend seen through a new lens: