Flowers are irresistible subjects, and often make breathtaking beautiful pictures. But I look for more than just beauty in my pictures – I want my images to express ideas about what I see and where I’ve been. While taking an early morning walk around Mission Bay, I passed the tiny front yard of a beach house and spotted a kayak slung between a pair of very dirty plastic garden chairs. Behind the kayak was a striking array of sunflowers and roses. I saw an incongruity here – the ornamentation of the lovely floral display juxtaposed against the raw utility of kayak storage. Instead of making just another cliché picture of pretty flowers, I use those blossoms as incongruous context here. This picture, which I made with a small Canon Digital Elph pocket camera, tell us that this homeowner gets the most out of every inch of space yet still manages to envelope it in flowering beauty.