The grass is always greener on the other side. Everyone knows this. It is why we are not content with what we have — we’re plagued by a fear that we don’t have enough, or the right thing, or that what we do have is inferior to what we could have.

Sometimes we might believe that we don’t have good, or the right amount of good in our lives. This photo is a reminder that life literally will find a way to express itself, even if it has to squeeze between the cracks in concrete. Even if it has to break through that concrete. The grass will grow, and is green. Life is good, and this good surrounds us.

Chair and checkered tile floor at Cafe Helloakland

Since it’s almost my 36th birthday, I decided it was time to update the site theme for my personal site, www.gabrielserafini.com. I wanted the new design to focus on framing content in an aesthetically pleasing way. The background changes on each refresh, and uses CSS transformations and translucencies to create a lovely effect.

There are still a lot of rough edges to it, but it was important to me to get it out there.