sacramento girls

can you count the birdhouses?

Being in California is always a beautiful experience for me.  The land changes so drastically and magnificently, the air feels fresh, and colors seem more bright.  But most of all, my family, the McStockers, make it beautiful.  Their personalities are as unique as the land and their home is as fresh and inviting as the climate.  Their Sacramento home is decorated beautifully - eclectic yet modern - it was like an oasis for me.  The postage stamp size backyard found room for the birds to find an oasis too.

california coast

This is one of my favorite photographs I have ever taken.  It was taken on my film Nikon N65 in 2004 - this is a scan of the original print I made in the darkroom of the WKU photolab.  I was able to catch Andy looking out onto the bay from the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California.  In my opinion, it pretty accurately captures Andy's character.

Whenever I get depressed, confused, or just lost, this is where I want to go.  Maybe not specifically this pier, but to this idea.  A spot that makes me far, far away.  I always feel like driving and driving until I can't drive anymore and I am stopped by some vast body of water.  I think that maybe this will provide the answers, this will make everything okay.  But I know from experience, that it doesn't.  Yet still, I want to run.