New Beginnings

A month ago I had occasion to meet my parents at the cemetary where my maternal grandparents and my brother are buried. My Mom and Dad will eventually have burial sites there as well. We went to trim some shrubbery and do some clean up. I took a few pictures, not really sure why, just did.

I recently entered this image in a small contest on a photographers web site. The contest was based on what Easter means to us.




One of the things that is really important to me about Easter - these stones do not mark the end of a life. They mark a beginning . . .

Spring is a beginning . . .

I am in a beginning mood. Part of that is based on my feelings about these stones . . .

I want to make difference before I get to this point. I want to be sure to have lived not just existed.

Join me . . .

Of course, tomorow is my birthday. That certainly gives one pause. Happy Birthday to me!

Happy New Year

May you have a Happy New Year. May you have beautiful sunrises and friends to share them with.

This was taken on Tybee Island, Georgia.

Christmas Focus

Before we took the ornaments off the tree and put everything up, I took out my lens baby and took some photographs. I liked these two because they show the different focus of Chrismas. . . focus on Jesus Christ and focus on Santa Claus. I struggle with the two. I do focus on Jesus Christ . . . He is after all my reason for the season.




With family, two daughters and one grandson, it is easy to get caught up in Santa Claus and lose focus otherwise.




I hope you had a good Christmas and that you have a peacefilled New Year.

Cloudland Canyon Fog

This is another image of Cloudland Canyon. It was an early morning with a fog rolling through the valley. It was a beautiful morning! You can see the sun on the mountains in the distance.

Contemplation of Thanks

I am, like a lot of people, busy this week preparing for Thanksgiving. At the same time, I am contemplative . . . thinking of the things I have to be thankful for. This image is of our dock . . . come, sit with me awhile and give thanks.

Mountains to the Beach

This past week, I went to Holmes Beach, Florida. I was near there to speak at a luncheon and since I had to drive down the day before I was to speak, I took the opportunity to go over to the beach. The beach is where I get renourished - salt air and salt water feed my inner self. As it turned out, a storm was moving in from off shore. There was not much color in the view so I converted this image from color to black and white.

Cloudland Canyon & Turkey

Here is another picture from Cloudland Canyon State Park. The image was taken from across the canyon from where we stayed in a cabin.

Then on Thursday we went to DeSota State Park in Alabama. As we were driving over there I caught sight of some turkeys in a field. This turkey was one of several. The cool thing is it was almost completely white.