Patti’s challenge of Emotions was a true challenge for me. Wow, where do I start? Right now here in the U.S. emotions are all over the place from the pandemic to politics to what do I make for dinner! I went out on a photo shoot this morning to ground myself. It worked. Photography is my get-away-from it all.

While searching in my archives for street photography, I realized there were none from last year. I’m thinking I’m lucky to have photographed what I did in 2020. So here are images that I think depict or evoke emotion.

Anticipation. My younger granddaughter is waiting for her birthday party guests to arrive.

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Delight. This young girl is in total delight on this bungee ride on the Embarcadero in San Francisco.

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Hopelessness. Taken on the same trip as above.

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Patience. Husband waiting outside of store for wife.

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Attitude. Taken at the Sacramento Zoo with her mom’s permission.

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Joy. This is Tom Rigney at the Sacramento Music Festival. He and his band Flambeau were favorites. The festival was discontinued a few years ago.

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Love. This feeling can extend between humans and their pets.

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My personal emotional challenge this next week is to let go of fear and concentrate on joy and gratitude. Stay safe everyone!