Many early birthday wishes today (thank you!) have caused me to think about gifts. This past summer, while enjoying a visit from my mother, we went to the Olympic coastline. I wanted to show my Mom the gorgeous reflections that wet sand can offer at sunset. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed a few stops along the way to photograph the lavender fields. We had traveled 105 of the 109 miles to our destination when we rounded a corner, started down an incline, and ran SMACK into a fog bank. Not a wispy, oh it will blow over fog bank, an impenetrable wall of gray hanging mist. The temperature dropped like a stone along with our hopes of photographing glorious pinks and magentas and oranges with deep blue sky and water. We checked into our little ‘roughing-it’ cabin and decided to take a walk on the shore.
The bracing sea air and the vibration of the surf on the shore worked on my mood and made me remember that there were photographs to be created. I’ll let the photographic results speak to you as they will, but the most important thing I captured that night was a renewed commitment to remember a lesson I thought I knew: a grateful heart accepts all as a gift.
Miss Trixie,
Thanks for the heads up on your site. I can’t believe that I have been bloggless for all these years. Your writings are as warm and relaxing as your photographs. I look forward to reading and seeing more of your work.
One comment……the text on parts of this site are way to small for a man of Sam’s age to read.
Best wishes!
Gus
Oh Gus,
I think you have missed your calling. But I’ll take the advice to heart.
Thanks very much for checking out the blog. Stay tuned…I have many cool topics mapped out.
Trix
Hi Keron! Your writings are poetic and profound. I particularly enjoyed this story, having also experienced the Olympic coast myself. Each day is a gift, indeed. You’ll love this quote I often share with my students: “A camera is a mousetrap for the here and now.” How true! I’m looking forward to future musings on photography and your creative process. Best wishes on the success of your blog!
Hello Charles,
Thank you for having a look at the blog. I do appreciate the comments….and appreciate too that I have
such great friends/colleagues.
Keron