It's Theme Day for the City Daily Photo Blogs again, and the first theme for 2009 is the Best Photo of the Year.
I chose "In the Neighborhood" which was posted last April, and while this picture may not be as artistic as others, it is by far the least posed, and THAT is why I like it so much!
I was out taking spring photos in Fairoaks Square when I spotted a girl playing with dogs. Just as one dog jumped back over the fence, I snapped my favorite photo of 2008! I think the picture also says a lot about the quality of life in Smalltown America, especially in revived neighborhoods such as this one where kids, dogs, white picket fences, brick sidewalks and pastel Victorian cottages are worthy of a Norman Rockwell painting!
What could be a better combination than sunshine sidewalks, spring blossoms, picket fences, dogs and a child? This young Selma visitor enjoyed the morning playing with a pair of rambunctious golden retrievers in Fairoaks Square.