Frozen/Thawing

Nearly dead

yet startled

into attempting

and then

truly

emerging

This photo represents many triumphs for me. Now, I have a place to shoot again, until the spring. It is always changing. Sometimes the Lake is blue, sometimes Aqua, sometimes it is steel-grey.  It is in constant change, and affords many opportunities to feel.  Can't wait to get back. 

Cleveland Skyline (obscured)

Sometimes

even the greatest of things

are obscured

by simple clouds

New Aquisitions

All I wanted for christmas was cameras, and boy, did I get them. During my trip to Hannibal, Missouri, I picked up a Brownie twin 20 and shot a roll of Plus-x through it. Its another 620 camera that was easily modified to take a 120 spool. It also has a real old-fasioned flash bulb attachment that is so powerful, it will blind anything in the immediate area.  My sister was kind enough to give me a new/used Nikon as well, a f-301/N2000 that is now the Corvette of my collection. It does everything and even has a flash. There's a group of cameras that are waiting in the wings to be purchased, and I just received some unlooked-for christmas cash, Soooo, I'll be picking up those cameras momentarily. Hooray for cameras!  Especially ones that work!

Through the Breaking Ice

Through the breaking ice, we heard;

the laughter of saints,

a rumble of ghosts called to prayer

The breaking of everything,

anything

should in turn

reflect something this beautiful

At the end of the way

At the end of the way

there is a sign

we'll know what it says

when we arrive

Like Powder in the Dawn

Like Powder in the Dawn on the slopes

of forever

the creases of care that you wore in me

are lasting

Like powder in the dawn on the slopes

of forever

my eyes drift up 

and see

Reflection

In our reflection, truly

we see all that we have been,

might be

would be

could be 

should be

but often

we fail to see

the true essence of ourselves

shining through