Day 338- Reflection

Yesterday’s photo of Waggy Ann was “Explored”- chosen by some secret algorithm as one of the “most interesting” of the last 7 days on Flickr.  I suspected something was up, because I could hear my phone vibrating in the wee morning hours, a sign that lots of emails were coming through. Explore is an interesting feature- many of the photos on there are breathtakingly beautiful or  wildly creative- some are just really good or interesting or pretty mundane- and then there is the doll phenomenon.  I would estimate one out of every 30-50 photos in Explore is of a doll or several dolls posed as if interacting.  I don’t know much about trends in dolls, but these remind me of anime- big eyes, oversize heads.  I think they are usually posted from outside the U.S.

Is Waggy Ann being favorited as part of this doll phenomenon? Perhaps we will see some little big-eyed, big-headed Raggedy Anns posed interacting with each other! Maybe she is a trend setter!

OK, on to my photo of the day. . .

The Christmas tree is up, and the rest of the decorations are sitting around in piles. Today’s topic is reflection, which I was keeping in mind as I started looking around my living room, trying to decide which decorations to put out this year. As I started to clear off my hutch, I noticed the morning sunlight streaming through the beautiful hand-blown glass vase, which was a gift the staff at my school when I retired last year.  I quickly grabbed my camera and captured this fleeting moment, which is now gone.

f/1.8, 1/80, ISO 640, 35mm