Photo 18 of 30: Your Shoes

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So yes, it has been quite a while since I last blogged.  Sorry for that. A trip out of the country, Thanksgiving, colds, etc. So let's get back to the blog.  I will finish out my challenge of 30 photos in 60 days... looking more like 90, but we'll shall see how it finishes out.

So today's topic is "Your Shoes" and like any typical young woman, I have a ton.  A ton.  I don't even know the exact number of shoes that I own, but I have two closets full.  My style of shoe varies depending upon the need, so I have flats, heels, boots, sandals, birkenstocks, flip flops, stilettos, and so on.  So today's image is one of my most recent purchases and a new personal favorite of mine.  It is a patent leather stiletto platform.... a truly gorgeous shoe.  So gorgeous, I had to do a collage of shots, just to give the shoe justice.

"eighteenofthirty"

Photo 17 of 30: Technology

Technology is such a blessing and some times a curse.  When you think back 20 to 30 years ago, we had no such items that we were so dependent on.  We actually wrote letters, sat down and spoke to people face to face, got in the car and drove to a theater to see the latest movie.  Don't get me wrong, I love how we have advanced and tech toys are my favorite things to get.  Technology allows me to create the fine art prints, love my Photoshop.  Technology has evolved so fast, I remember how excited I was when they created the party line on your corded phone.  You could talk to a group of people at once, now we just send a group e-mail or text.  My favorite thing about technology is that is has opened a world to us, as long as you have a computer, phone, tablet and so on you can visit any part of the world or even branch out into outer space. Everything has been so simplified that you can do everything from sitting at a desk in front of your computer, even grocery shopping, doctors visits, and going to school.  These are conveniences and pretty cool, but I also feel that things that were so iconic for many of us has gone to the wayside and pretty much disappeared.  With the invention of the cell phone, the pay phone went away.  That's not a big one for me, but the funniest thing when I took my kids to an amusement park this past summer, a young girl, maybe 4 or 5 saw a payphone and asked her mother what it was.  I was stunned, but I shouldn't have been that surprised.  Other advances in technology though have devastated some businesses.... look what the mp3 player and iPod has done to music stores, what the tablets have done to book stores and libraries and the pure convenience of e-mail has done to the U.S. Post Office.  So a part of me will remain torn, torn between the nostalgia of my youth and the advances of my future, in particular my kids' future.  I can't imagine what they will have when they are my age.  And with that said, I am still asking for my Kindle Fire this Christmas, hope Santa brings it!  :-)