Spring is Here

Crocuses seem to be everywhere right now!

Keith Urban

I didn't really know right away who Keith Urban was when I was invited to one of his concerts this summer, but I'm glad I decided to say yes to going! I took these pictures on my phone and I later checked my backup photos on Google+ and this awesome gif was just there! He is a great performer and looooves his fans (and guitar solos). Also, he walked by me to perform for the crowd on the lawn and I touched his arm. Eeee!

2013 Broadway Roundup

I was able to see a bunch of shows on Broadway in 2013, including The Book of Mormon, Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, Kinky Boots and most recently Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. 2013 was a good year to see musicals!

Old Spices

I recently dug around in the cabinet, looking for something way in the back and I came across these rather old looking containers: chopped chives and cream of tartar.

I was right, this stuff is OLD. The chives are from 1981!!

Even older is the cream of tartar: 1977!!

What do you think I did with these? Of course, I put them back in the cabinet to rediscover in another 30+ years!

Video Series - Maroon 5

"Love Somebody"

Behind the scenes

Yard Sale Score

I went on a yard sale adventure with a friend recently and the owner of one of the last houses we stopped at was selling a bunch of mason jars. I was on mason jar look out for mom and when the lady told me she would sell me four jars for 25 cents each, I said "I'll take 'em all!" 

Back home, I left them outside and they filled with rain... and then I decided it might look very cool if I was able to capture what the water looked liked as I threw it out of the jar. This was my last toss and I was right, it does look cool. :-)

Annie the Seagull Whisperer

I went to the beach at Wildwood with some friends recently and we ended up feeding the seagulls for a few exciting minutes. Annie got one to eat out of her hand!

Take a look from Annie's point of view!

Instagram

I've added a link to my Instagram account on the sidebar. My user name is ajk_04. I try not to post too many pictures of my dog :-)

Life Update!

I've seriously neglected my blog for several months, but I want to get back to it! Since my phone has a camera on it, I've used my Nikon less and less; add to that my computer is old and I've been procrastinating on getting a new one; and Instagram makes it too easy to post pictures right after I take them on my phone. So all of those excuses have made it easy to add to my photo project. Shameful!

I have a lot of photos on my phone that I can share and I hope to get my Instagram feed up as well. Here is a photo that I was inspired by Instagramer, purposeofenvy. I couldn't edit this on my phone the way I wanted to, so it never got posted.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

@the Mets

400th Post!

This is my 400th post on this blog!

POPCORN

Who doesn't love a giant tub of golden, buttery popcorn?

Flight Pepsi-Cola

We were recently at a Mets game, which happens to be right next door to La Guardia airport. There was a ton of air traffic during the game, which was pretty neat.

Summer Blooms

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.  ~Walt Whitman

Faithful Recreation

Well, I figured it out! The last time I tried this the sun was not in a good position because it was a little late in the day.

Attemped Recreation

I've been seeing the same kind of cool flower picture on Instagram lately, so I decided to try it myself. Below you can see the vastly superior inspiration photos:

Instagram

I recently upgraded my five year old flip phone to a modern smart phone. It's pretty cool, all the stuff it does. One of my favorite apps is Instagram. All you do is upload a picture, crop it square and if you want, apply a filter and BAM! your photo is shared. I've nearly forgotten how to use my Nikon, since my phone takes pretty good pictures and I can share them very easily!

A grid view of my latest Instagram pics

Happy 4th!

Gov Ball 2012

I was invited to attend this year's Governor's Ball on Randall's Island. It was a awesome, 2-day concert with a bunch of famous acts: Beck, Modest Mouse, Fiona Apple to a name a few. There was a lot of dancing and everyone looked cool. I walked around at one point randomly taking picture of people in the crowd.

A Real Rabbit

I've seen more wild animals in this state than anywhere on earth, even zoos. Ok, maybe not a zoo.