It may not be snowing yet, but it is definitely winter time in Cades Cove.

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It has been a while since I have participated in Photo Hunters.  Photography is 100% something that keeps me happy.  It is such a creative and expressive outlet.  Really the only creative outlet I have since I haven’t painted in about 6 years.  I take pictures every day, mainly for 365Days and Project365 over at Flickr.  But I take pictures anywhere and everywhere.

Photo Hunters has a new theme every week and this week is a “Free Week.”  There is no theme and you can post any picture you want.  So I chose the gorilla and the gorilla’s mommy from the Atlanta Zoo taken went I went for my birthday this February.  You guessed it, it is in honor of Mother’s Day.  Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and all the other mothers out there.

So this is my very first time doing a Photo Friday. It is another fun weekly challenge where they announce a theme each Friday and you have the over the course of the week to take a picture and post it.

This was a shot that I took while trying to think about how I would address the concept of “Real Life.” I don’t see myself as someone who is living a ‘real life.’ I am in school and doing my own thing, but not living a ‘real life’ of work and responsibility. I am living an “Ashley Life.” So I looked outside myself and decided to think about all of the other people out there who are forced to live ‘real lives.’

Friday was a very rainy day here in San Francisco. It was gloomy outside, so this person in a red hat stuck out more than they normally would have. Probably walking home from work after a long day, looking forward to meeting the family and having dinner and a glass of wine. And wearing a red hat. Because he wants to be different. Special. Unique.