Shoes + Adventuring in my own backyard

Well, it is such an amazing day, I had to get out for a minute and shoot SOMETHING, even though I should be doing a lot of productive stuff right now before we jet off to Washington DC this weekend. Well, I have already done a bunch of laundry and the dishes, so I deserve a break.. right? :)

So, since I wanted to keep it quick, I adventured into the backyard to see if I could find a new space I hadn't used yet (always a fun exercise as a photographer, find new spaces). I checked out the "side yard" aka that 4 foot bit of grass along the side between the fence and the house. I don't venture over there very much.

Here's the shoes..









Wouldn't it be nifty if we could just plant trees that grew awesome shoes?


While I was back in the side-yard shooting the shoes I smelled something familiar but oddly out of place in my backyard. What was that smell? Then I realized what it was - mint! I looked down and I was standing right by a clump of mint plants. I looked around and noticed a bunch growing along the fence. It's been winter, so we haven't had the lawn guy out in a while - hence the jungle like side yard.



Mint! It smells really good.


After seeing the mint, I figured perhaps the previous resident had planted it back here, although it seemed pretty random. Then I saw something else totally out of place in the yard.


A little bity strawberry!


I actually saw two of them in the backyard, right along the fence line, and I noticed the vine was coming from under the fence.. from the neighbors yard. I peeked through a knothole in the fence, and sure enough, the neighbors have a wild unkempt garden over there, and it is leaking into our yard. I used my super amazing ninja photography skills to take a picture through the knothole in the fence.


This garden needs some love. Perhaps I can volunteer in exchange for strawberries?


That was my adventure for today! Stay tuned for some pictures from Washington DC this weekend.