At breakfast today, the sun was hitting a geranium leaf just so. And I thought - any other day, I would have bagged that as my p of the d - picture of the day - and have felt content. But ... I knew what I wanted: a good picture of Alice at her Jubilación dinner - I took her to Musso & Frank, where I'd never been, and it was wonderful. But could I take a good picture? No. Not as bad as yesterday, when I had to crop her out of the group pic because she was munching on a cheese straw, and that just wouldn't have done. But tonight - I didn't want to make a big deal of it, but to take a quick shot or two, and put my cell phone away, and - well, no. It just didn't capture the evening, alas. But the geranium? That, I guess, encapsulates my long-lasting photo taking maxim: just capture those moments of fleeting beauty or strangeness when you see them.
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