My online journal where I share my interests in photography, nature, journaling, fountain pens, bicycling, coffee life, spirituality and the mystery of it all.
“…one is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself. There is where creativity begins.” – Carl Mydans
True but we must have the camera in hand.
I went to my 45th class reunion last night and met up with a bunch of “old folks.” Had a great time catching up with them. Found it interesting to see faces but not be able to place a name to the face. Also found it sad to know some are no longer with us. This image was taken this morning on my way to the coffee shop. Loved the color so I had to pull over, take it all in and get a photo.
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
I had the pleasure of watching two young people take their wedding vows last Saturday. It brings a smile across my face and a warmth in my heart. Allison and Eric, my prayer is for a happy, loving, married life.
Not a bad view from your front window. She has the opportunity to watch storm build up in the west then move out across the plains. A few weeks ago several of us were hanging around in her front room when a bird made a head on crash into the glass. We looked around for a wounded or dead bird but could not find one. Hoping it made it okay. It did leave an imprint on the glass of its breast and both wings.
As I left my condo early one morning last week I noticed the dew glistening on the grass. The next thing to catch my attention was this leaf laying on the wet grass due to its distinct color. I just had to take my camera out, squat down, take a photo and share it. And, I’m hearing this strange sound more often when I get back up after I squating. 🙁
This is an image of the T.A. Moulton Barn just outside of Grand Teton National Park. The T.A. Moulton Barn is all that remains of the homestead built by Thomas Alma Moulton and his sons between about 1912 and 1945. It sits west of the road known as Mormon Row, in an area called Antelope Flats, between the towns of Kelly and Moose.
I took a workshop back in the fall of 2003. One project we did was with light painting. We setup our tripods and cameras for some long exposures. When we would press our shutters on instructor would run in front of the barn with two lights and paint away. Needless to say he was pretty winded by the time we had taken a dozen or so images.
One of the toughest things we go through as children is waiting on adults to finish their conversations or whatever they are doing that ignores us. And, this is especially true when we have so many other things to do in life such as playing frisbee, hide and seek, slaying dragons, baseball, make music with the silverware, etc.
“Be an opener of doors” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Five words but they do have power behind them. As for myself I could sure do more about opening more does in my life. I see them all the time in life. I would like to be able to quiet those voices within me who talk me out of opening more doors. I’m envious of those who are always opening the doors in their lives.
“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ” ― Michael Pollan