Exciting summer

This summer I've had lots of great opportunities. I visited southern California, learned to swim, and taken up origami. This weekend I'm taking an intro to sewing machines class, too! I'm very thankful for all the fun things I've been able to experience this summer!

San Juan Capistrano 2

Statue of the Virgin Mary, under an archway with two birds of paradise at the Mission San Juan Capistrano.

266. School Mascot

This little statue is located at the Warrent/Prescott K-8 School in Charlestown. I believe their mascot is a turtle. A very cute turtle.

264. Peace

This was taken at the Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, a section of Boston.

262. Life immitating Art

This was taken behind Microcenter in Cambridge. Yes, construction vehicles and workers right next to a mural fighting construction vehicals and their opperation.

253. Squids!

Edited with Picassa 3.

251. Science and Art

250. Learning Module

Edited with Picassa 3.

214. Public Art

135. Sun shower

These people were sitting, waiting for As you like it on the Boston Commons, when they were suprised with a sunday sunshower. Luckily most of them were prepared!

94. Community Integration

I visited Arts in the Park last night with my sister, to enjoy the sonorous musical stylings of Java Jive. It was quite the event, but the most important aspect (aside from the free "Quincy Punch"* and hoodsies) was the community integration. Ten years ago this event would have been entirely Anglo. Last night I would say at least a quarter if not half of the observers were non-Anglo (mostly of East Asian descent). There were even some mixed couples! This change in community dynamics gave me hope for the future.

Boogie on over to Quincy Daily Photo to check out Slim's photo.

*Quincy punch is not an actual drink, but what my sister calls the suspiciously watered down fruit drink served at all City of Quincy functions.

64. Opportunity

These stairs, found in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and Portraiture, were just so beautiful I couldn't help but think of all the opportunities to which they could lead.

22. Pensive Public Art

3. Random Art

I stumbled upon this as part of an installation piece by James Ossi at MIT.

The full piece looks like this (which almost makes the above picture all the more beautiful):