Snowy Cholla

We had a winter snow storm at our place, and when I looked out our back windows, the only thing I could see was this snowy cholla plant.  The homes in the distance are invisible, as are the mountains.  This sketch captures the icy coldness that was outside, and made me glad I was nice and warm inside!

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Music of the Heart

There is something about a rose of any color that speaks to me of love.  And, from my perspective, love makes one’s heart sing!  This photo collage combines both roses and music for a soft, romantic piece.

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Inspiration of Winter

After a winter storm at the end of December, Jeff and I took a drive along a secondary road that I love to travel down for some photo inspiration.  The trip on this day didn’t disappoint – there were a couple of views of my favorite subject that inspired me –

Recovery and Preparation

There was an ice fog that morning, and it clouded the atmosphere at ground level.  It created this sort of ethereal effect to the scene around us.  This view of a deserted cabin that has most definitely seen better days made me think about the changing of seasons, and this quote summed it up quite well.

Rising

The scene of a cabin that has fallen down seems a bit odd to name rising.  However, when I look at the cabin, I don’t see a cabin that is in its final stages.  I see all the seasons that it survived, perhaps going through a spring repair when people lived there.  Roof, windows, and door – all of these were repaired or replaced – rising up every season for years on end.  So, let’s not judge this cabin by the present, but by all it survived over the past years.

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A Tattered Life

When I saw this battered cabin with the door almost falling off its hinges, it made me stop and imagine the life that once lived there.  It seems sadly ironic that somehow, through all that had befallen this place, there still was an attempt at niceness – the somewhat fancy, perhaps even lacy curtain that was in the window of the door.  

I  imagined a woman, most likely, peeking out from behind the curtain, hoping to see her husband or lover returning from his travels.  This cabin was along the Atlantic coast, so I imagine him to be a sailor.  What letters had been written and received?  Were her hopes still alive or had they been dashed like the waves along the rocky shore.  And, how did her life turn out?  Hopefully, a happy ending and not the tattered life that was the fate of this cabin.

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