Not a particularly festive shot, it being my favorite holiday we’re I pressed to pick a holiday that wasn’t my birthday, but I’m starting up Keto for a month or two again and today was Day 1.

This was breakfast – mushroom/onion/pepper/tomato/cheese omelette slathered in mayo with – bizarrely – a side of slaw. No idea why it came with either the mayo or the slaw, but ok?

Aaaaaaaaaand then I got massively carsick and derailed all my evening yoga plans.

Whomp, whomp.

My rug. Dirty or just pilling and shedding like crazy?

Best not to think on it too hard.

Sitting at an American chain steak restaurant (Texas Roadhouse) in a mall in the Middle East that is large enough to contain a grocery store the size of Costco in a small wing, watching beautiful scenery from around the world on multiple jumbotrons suspended above a stage that is large enough to hold a (simplifie) Cirque routine.

#whereiliveisbananas

Found a new cool spot – Katara. Cultural village, arts center, beach and seaside promenade, and soon to be shopping destination.

Expect a proper photo crawl soon, and I’m going to be hard pressed to not plunk down some change on the stunning bold graphic work I saw today.

A small snippet of what we saw:

Couch textures

Took my Nan and my Mom with me today as I walked into a well-established women’s group (luckily with a friend) to hear a super cool photo journalist speak about his passions and philosophies surrounding picture taking.

I felt welcomed, nourished, and reinvigorated to go out and practice a craft I love.

Hold please for some photo essays – one coming shortly that’s been shot and processed; one following I have yet to shoot but will make sure to bring my big daddy camera to this weekend.

#thebestcameraistheoneonyouinanygivenmoment

My lifeline since my phone decided it wanted to go home to Apple and has been dying like nobody’s business.

Ummmmm …