Tuesday, September 25, 2012

I was out, living life...

Have you embraced the arrival of a new season?  Are you ready to...Fall?  
I am!
Yet...what a summer it was for me...what a fine, full summer it was, indeed. 
I'd like to linger in it, just a little bit longer so that I could continue to roam out west &
celebrate out east & take photos of all that full living...just a wee bit more.
Vacationing is good for the head & the heart while traveling is food for the soul.  
I had been so busy but,  in between the months of hard work,  I was fortunate enough to take some time off & take a few trips.  I had the chance to visit beautiful & special places right here in the U.S.A.  I took adventures that rewarded me with spiritual, soulful & heartfelt gifts.  I met really kind people throughout my journey & stayed in very gracious communities. When I returned home, I was invited to celebrate love with dear friends & photograph their weddings (2 of them)!  This was a magical, memorable summer & it was also a photographic dream for me! 


I meandered down hidden Chinatown streets & through thickly wooded forests of 
Northern California.  I sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge...oh yes i did!




I shared a quiet little river bed with a spotted owl one afternoon 
a smashing moment with a Moose as we watched a tail smacking beaver make waves
one early evening.




I huffed & puffed my way up towards the timberline to watch the western sunset, 


and I comfortably collected beach glass, at sea level, along the Pacific Ocean.


I visited Mesa Verde & was enamored with its beauty.
I cried at Point Lookout during the golden hour.


I climbed ladders up into Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings 
& I prayed, 
overwhelmed with their glory.

I connected with the red rock, the silence & the solitude. 



 I dusted off my rough outs, slipped into my western soul,  
& I felt at home 
in the vast mesa valley. 



I donned my vintage aviators, melted into the saddle of a black mustang & rode like the wild wind.  
I brought back souvenirs: one of a fallen feather, one made of white buffalo turquoise,
 a ground pound of Sinful Delight 
over six hundred digital images...
but it's the lingering fullness within my heart,  
the feeling of "being home," that means the most to me.


I captured tender moments & gracious gestures that filled with me pride: 
lovers saying "i do," 
symbolic rings being slipped on steady fingers,  
first kisses given & taken as husband & wife...
but it's the lingering fullness within my heart, 
 from loving friendships, that means the most to me. 


I was out, living life & living it in the details.  
Looking through these visual images
I can take a step back in time & linger...just a wee bit longer,
in the moment, at the places & with the people that made up my
beautiful summer & filled my heart.

PS: Dang that Sinful Delight is goooood coffee!!!

3 comments:

  1. So good to see you lovely friend...You make everything so beautiful. I want summer to linger. I did neither of the two, vacation or travel, without complaining, it was good...it was life given for free. I love all of you adn your photographs. xx

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  2. Beautiful! So glad you had such a lovely summer. I agree with MrsLittleJeans - you do make everything so beautiful, and I am so glad that you share all this beauty with us.
    Hugs,
    Rachel

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  3. Everything you captured through your lens is calling to me. The animals, sailing SF, the forest, the beach and especially the cliff dwellings. All sacred, including the kickass coffee! I enjoyed visiting it all this morning. Thank you!

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