It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I am still alive, and have been settling in comfortably to my new life. Work has been busy, and my nights and weekends have been spent working out “glitches” with my new home. (New construction is always filled with surprises.) There’s lots I want to post about and sometime in the coming days I will do just that.

But, in the meantime, enjoy the picture above. Spring has arrived in the DC Metro area, and this image comes from a flower stand near the National Mall. The effect was produced using my new favorite photography tool: my Lensbaby 3G. It was my first time on the Mall since moving here and I think the end result is very striking.