I uploaded this photo a week or so ago and hadn’t actually blogged it because it is out of focus (which I tend to find distracting), but the more I look at it, the more I appreciate it.

Part of my change of heart with this particular photo has to do with the fact that I have been spending more and more time on photography blogs lately, and have come to appreciate the various nuances that make a great photo. I spent some time at the beginning of the year cleaning up my list of my go-to blogs – the ones that fall in that category of my ‘must read’ daily rounds. The result of this housekeeping was that I have find myself reading food blogs less, and instead reading new and different humor blogs, gossip blogs, mom blogs and photography blogs. Between those, Twitter and, ahem, Facebook, my internet dance card is pretty full.

The humor blogs are great for some raunchy, caustic entertainment, gossip blogs are, well, they are my main source of news these days, mom blogs keep me sane and photography blogs keep me inspired. And, as luck would have it, I stumbled upon another site through my interweb travels that is specifically dedicated to providing readers with a kind of prompt-of-the-day for blog inspiration (just some context when you start wondering why I am deciding to blog about hypotheticals such as ‘These are the three songs I could be convinced to sing a a karaoke bar’). Aside from the others I have previously identified, I have an off-the-books resolution that I intend to focus more on photography this year. It is one of those things that I have a ton of fun with, and find it to be one of my more manageable creative outlets when I don’t have time to blog. Plus it gives me the opportunity to take pictures like the following, which I have been sitting in my “to blog” folder for 2 years now because I have superbly weak Photoshop skills and haven’t been able to artistically obfuscate Steve’s delicate man-torso in a way that both preserved his dignity while preserving the the artistic integrity of the story behind this set. The whole beauty of this series lies within the fact that the Walston men are shirtless…while having a tea party. Not to mention that Stella looks like she ends every sentence in the word “Hon”, as well as the subtle, yet telling detail that everyone is done sittin’ on the floor. From the first moment I looked at these photos I knew the title. And even two years later, I can’t think of a more appropriate description.

‘The Trailer Park Tea Party’