This time of year, in the Pacific NW, gets darker and blah if you don’t make an effort to get out and take in some form of light. I wouldn’t have done well cooped up in a cabin, snow bound, months on end….’stir crazy’ comes to mind.
Photo from a Fall outing on Sauvie Island, NW of Portland, Oregon
I obviously was there and recall the situation when I snapped this shot…a beautiful Summer’s day coming to an end…at a festive event. Warmth was in the air, the trees offered a welcome respite from the heat…a positive recollection.
Now, years later, I can imagine the image eliciting varied emotions…some good, some bittersweet, suggestive of melancholia. Or, thoughts of begging the warmth and sun to remain as we (I) set off into Fall/Winter and many months of gray and rain. I prefer to bathe in the positive warmth right now. No need to rush cabin fever.
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden
“No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett
Oregon Eagle near Linnton, Oregon
A quiet spot on a back channel of the Lewis R. in Washington state.
‘What you discover about life’s shell game is that it’s hardest to follow the pea when you’re the pea.’ Robert Brault…Enjoying a lovely backyard rose, is escaping the shell game.
‘A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.’ Charles Gordy
