I Cheated... and I'm Glad

Today I told myself that I would photograph something around my house that I found beautiful, and the only caveat was that whatever subject I chose had to be ordinary. Mundane. Easy, peasy, I told myself. I like my house. I have lots of things in my house that I enjoy seeing on a daily basis.

However, the task proved to be more difficult than I had imagined and, ultimately, I failed. Granted, my foes were bad lighting and constant interruptions, but still, couldn't something better than a jumble of...well... crap piled on the bench just inside our front door be found?



Probably. And for someone with more forbearance than I would have found it and made it beautiful.

But me?

Well, I cut my losses and reverted back to an old standby, one of my very not mundane or ordinary photographic crutches.



And really. That smile. Those eyelashes.



Can you blame me?