Why have I chosen pictures of San Fran when I live in Australia?

When I was looking through my photos, trying to find one that would inspire me for my blog, I came across these photos that I took at Pier 39, San Francisco in March 2002.

I remember that day so clearly - it was a crisp spring day and there was a tulip festival on.   I was 7 months pregnant and I was loving living in the States.  It was one of those days where life seemed so packed with beauty and potential and inspiration that I could barely contain myself as I marveled at the glorious arrangements of colour.   And later that day, back in the city, I found myself behind  a young woman, about the same age I was at the time.  She was wearing a pink backpack with a large smiley face on it.  This woman was blowing bubbles into the air as she walked, and as they wafted into the sky and dodged around office-bound pedestrians, people looked up at them and smiled and then smiled at the girl blowing them.  Such little things can create such long lasting memories.

When I look at those photos today, it reminds me of how inspired I felt that day and again I feel the anticipation of all the wonderful things in life still in store for me.