The Flower Fields Meets Mean Girls

Down in Carlsbad, California, cascading down a hill, overlooking the Pacific Ocean is 50 acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus displayed at The Flower Fields. It is truly breath taking. I thought it would be the perfect location to take my Holga Camera and get some great shots of flowers. My camera, however, did not agree with the Wal-Mart 35 mm film I tried to shove into it. Luckily, I had my point-and-shoot as back up. I went with my cousin, Shannon and we spent almost two hours walking around and enjoying the colors, smells and beauty.

I thought it would be really boring to just show picture after picture of flowers, so in celebration of Mean Girls 10th Anniversary on April 30th, I decided to include my favorite Mean Girls quotes! Really, I could have typed out the whole movie, I love it all!

"On Wednesdays we wear pink."-Karen

 Gretchen: "That is so fetch!"

Regina: "Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!"

"Get in loser, we're going shopping." -Regina 

 "You got your freshman, ROTC guys, preps, J.V. Jocks,

 Asian nerds, cool Asians, Varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings,

girls who don't eat anything, Desperate wannabes, Burnouts, Sexually active band geeks

 The greatest people you will ever meet,

and the worst. Beware of plastics." -Janis

 "I know, right?" -Cady and Regina

 "She doesn't even go here!" -Damian

Karen: "If you're from Africa, why are you white?"

Gretchen: "Oh my gosh, Karen! You can't just ask people why they're white!"

 "Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?" -Jason

 Student: "Nice wig, Janis. What's it made of?"

Janis: 'Your mom's chest hair."

 "That's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets." -Damian

 "That is the ugliest effing skirt I've ever seen." -Regina

 Regina: "But you're, like, really pretty."

Cady: "Thank you."

Regina: "So you agree? You think you're really pretty?"

 "YOU CAN'T SIT WITH US!" -Gretchen

 "It's like I have ESPN or something. My breast can always tell when it's going to rain." -Karen

 "I know it may look like I was being a bitch, but that's only because I was acting like a bitch." -Cady

 "Somebody wrote in the book that I'm lying about being a virgin, 'cause I use super-jumbo tampons, but I can't help it if I've got a heavy flow and a wide-set vagina." -Bethany Byrd

 "I just want you to know, if you ever need anything, don't be shy, okay? There are NO rules in this house. I'm not like a *regular* mom, I'm a *cool* mom." -Mrs. George

 "Four for you Glenn Coco! You go Glenn Coco! And none for Gretchen Weiners." -Damian as Santa

 "You smell like a baby prostitute." -Janis

"Boo! You whore!" -Regina

Susan "I know, right?" B.

Hiking Skyline

California may not have had much of a winter, but there have been some beautiful spring days. Last Saturday was not exception. So my SIL and I packed up two kids and two dogs and headed to Skyline to do a little backyard hiking. Everybody and their dog was there. Literally. The weather was perfect and the trail had just enough shade and climbing trees to keep us motivated.

 The kids showing their muscles.

 I think it's some kind of bat cave. Not THE bat cave, but one none the less.

 Those dogs were a handful! They still have some socializing to learn.

 There was beauty all around.

Susan "don't forget to follow me on my social media" B.

San Clemente With A Holga Camera

Over a month since my last blog! Unacceptable! I've wanted to blog but I've been working on giving it a face lift. Also, I'm still job hunting. Anyone need a journalist/writer? I specialize in social media. 

Back in December 2010, I was given a gift card to Victoria Gardens. It didn't take me long to decide on what to buy with it. I went to Urban Outfitters and bought myself a Holga Camera deluxe kit. I have the camera plus three lenses and some filters. First of all, it's a film camera. Second, there is no viewing the pictures I just took. It is a very intimidating camera to say the least. Which is why is took me three plus years to pull it out of the box and play with it. I got some pretty cool shots though. I'm not disappointed and I can't wait to use the camera again. I did very little editing to the photos. The first set of pictures, I used the wide lens.

Here is a photograph feast: 

The next set of pictures I used the fisheye lens. The lens that made this camera so enticing. I really bought it so I could take pictures with the fisheye lens.

I'm not sure why it's off center.

The next set of photos I used the tele lens.

These guys were so fun to watch. There was a tight rope tied between the trees and they were successfully walking across it. 

Susan "old school photography" B.