Friday, January 18, 2008

Stuff To Do In Carpoop

It's true - I do hate carpool. So much so, that I have to revile it's very name. Why not just send them on the bus, you say? Well, I don't know what busdrivers in your part of the world are like, but here they are a scary breed of homicidal trailer dwellers, and there's no way in greek hades I'm putting my children in the care of one of them. Still, it is kind of a drag to be in that line, twiddling your thumbs. I take my lunch with me, a book to read (or the latest Smithsonian), some research data to crunch, sometimes my new camera.

Yesterday, it was supposed to be a wintry mix here, but it was even less of a snow event than Bossy's wad of snow she had earlier this week - it just rained. But while I was sitting there, snarfing a turkey sandwich from Arby's (hold the mayo), I was looking out of my windshield at the front schoolyard, and not noticing the outside, as much as I was noticing the windshield, and the groovy patterns that the rain was making. It looked alomst like something you could do in Photoshop, the patterened blur, so I whipped out my lovely new camera (thank you again and again, my dearest husband!) and took a few shots of it.

What do you think?



Maybe it's lame, taking pictures of buses pulling up, through my windshield. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess - I loved the impressionistic blur of it.

5 comments:

S said...

I think they're gorgeous -- no joke.

flutter said...

I think those would make stunning impressionist paintings, they are lovely

slow panic said...

what??? you don't like car pool? how is this possible!! kidding. hate it. hate it every day. LOVE your photos.

Heather said...

Very cool! And much more creative than what I do in the carpool line, which is read a book.

josetteplank.com said...

Wow! Those photos looks like paintings! Very cool!