• clouds,  landscape,  mountains

    A Trip to the Mountains

    May 7, 2012
    The Meadow

    I’ve been back in Colorado for 14 months now and I’ve not been up in the mountains. So, this past Tuesday, after my doctors appointment, I headed up to Estes Park along the Big Thompson Canyon. I can’t count the times I had to stop and take it all in again. Oh, the smell of pine and the sound of the river are good for the soul. My trip back down was along Colorado 7, which follows the south St Vrain River, passing through Allenspark and Lyons. I drove 200 miles and loved it. I sure missed those mountains.

    PS: I found this interesting read and wanted to pass it along.

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  • Avian,  Canon Powershot G12

    Preening at Sunset

    May 5, 2012
    Preening at Sunset

    One of the arguments we often use for not writing is this: “I have nothing original to say. Whatever I might say, someone else has already said it, and better than I will ever be able to.” This, however, is not a good argument for not writing. Each human person is unique and original, and nobody has lived what we have lived. Furthermore, what we have lived, we have lived not just for ourselves but for others as well. Writing can be a very creative and invigorating way to make our lives available to ourselves and to others. We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the better we will want to live them.”

    Henri Nouwen

    This is also true of our photography or any other art form. Yes, others have taken images similar to the one above but not this exact one. It is uniquely mine. So I share it with you and for myself. Have an Awesome weekend!

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  • Self-portraits

    Watching the Sunset

    May 4, 2012
    Watching the Sunset

    Every once in a while we will read a post about someone struggling with posting or shooting, in a slump or busy with other things.And, I suspect we all can relate. For me this period has been longer than any from the past. I don’t carry my DSLR as much but prefer the smaller and lighter G12 in my small backpack with my journal and Kindle 2. Even my mood is in a funk. I found myself getting upset easier and sometimes at inanimate objects. Can you relate?

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  • Canon Powershot G12,  leaves,  Plants/Nature

    Fallen Leaves

    May 2, 2012
    Fallen Leaves

    As I mentioned in my last post, when going for our walks, we will sometimes see those things we walk by many times before but have never seen. But, at other times, we will visually see those things that weren’t there the last time we walked that same path. It could be a new sign placed in a store window, road or sidewalk construction, a rainbow after the rain, a broken tree branch from a storm, a cottontail rabbit munching on grass, or fallen leaves on the pavement from strong winds, such as above.

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