Silhouette... Life Through My Lens/Media of the Week

There are moments when an image speaks to you...
or
A song strikes you...
Lyrics capturing moments and emotions you weren't even aware were there..

Sometimes image and song combine to create a snapshot of time...

As I was listening to music and looking through photos I had taken while gathering rocks for a friend a song played....one I hadn't heard before.

I paused what I was doing and just listened.

Seeming to capture so many of the emotions of the past several months,
the melody and lyrics were hauntingly beautiful... 

Silhouette
Owl City (Adam Young)

I'm tired of waking up in tears

'Cause I can't put to bed these phobias and fears

I'm new to this grief I can't explain

But I'm no stranger to the heartache and the pain

The fire I began is burning me alive

But I know better than to leave and let it die

I'm a silhouette asking every now and then

"Is it over yet? Will I ever feel again?"

I'm a silhouette chasing rainbows on my own

But the more I try to move on, the more I feel alone

So I watch the summer stars to lead me home

I'm sick of the past I can't erase

A jumble of footprints and hasty steps I can't retrace

The mountain of things I still regret

Is a vile reminder that I would rather just forget (no matter where I go)

The fire I began is burning me alive

But I know better than to leave and let it die

I'm a silhouette asking every now and then (now and then)

"Is it over yet? Will I ever smile again?" 

I'm a silhouette chasing rainbows on my own

But the more I try to move on, the more I feel alone

So I watch the summer stars to lead me home

'Cause I walk alone

No matter where I go

'Cause I walk alone

No matter where I go

'Cause I walk alone

No matter where I go

I'm a silhouette asking every now and then (now and then)

"Is it over yet? Will I ever love again?" 

I'm a silhouette chasing rainbows on my own

But the more I try to move on, the more I feel alone

So I watch the summer stars to lead me home

I watch the summer stars to lead me home.

All in the family...

This is the time of year when family seems to come to the forefront of our thoughts. Oh... it's not that we don't think about our families any other time of the year or that we don't love and care for them all year round. But it seems as the holiday season arrives we think more about those people with whom we share that special bond. We strive to give thanks to all those we love and care for.

Sometimes, however it seems that the moments that should bring the most joy and happiness can instead bring unintended feelings of hurt or misunderstanding. We are human after all and therefore fallible. Sometimes we make choices with the best of intentions that may unwittingly cause others to feel left out or less important to us.

Perhaps one of the most important things to remember is that family is not about a date on a calendar or a fancy meal. It's not about being perfectly in agreement all of the time. Family is about loving and caring even when we may not fully understand the reasons for others actions. It is about feeling gratitude for both "roots" and "wings."

I know that I am grateful for all of my family... for our strengths and our weaknesses... for our successes and failures. I am grateful that the journey we are on is not one we take alone. I hope that all of us remember to show a little more kindness and understanding to those we love, both those with whom we share an actual family bond and those who may not technically be family but who hold a place in our hearts nonetheless.

Life Through My Lens - Autumn Fire....

As the sun slips towards the horizon

Autumn's flames burst forth

- Mindy Durrant - November 2012

A little bite of heaven...

Several months ago a good friend mentioned that there was a magical place in a land northward where bite-sized morsels of heaven resided. My friend even attempted to recreate - quite successfully I'm told - these tiny bits of yumminess. 

A few weeks ago another friend mentioned this mythical spot again. After two such glowing recommendations, how could I not seek out these tempting treats?

 I stopped by this haven of deliciousness to try the magical morsels and was not disappointed.
They were in the words of my friend -
AWESOME! 

Being the giver that I am...(lol)... 

I brought a few home to share....
They were a hit.

Thanks J and G for introducing me to these dainty delights.

All Hallow's Eve...

 

 Fairies and witches...

Pirates and skeletons...

And ninja knights...

Oh my...

A truly "spook"tacular evening...

Life Through My Lens - November sunrise...

I suppose that some may be tired of seeing a sunrise through my lens. 

They wouldn't be wrong in feeling perhaps that sunrises have taken up more than their share of this space... 

Yet, still I am compelled to capture the dawning of day when I can. 

Perhaps it stems from the desire to believe that inherent in each sunrise is the hope of a new and better day. 

Perhaps it comes from the desire to remember others who loved to watch as shadows of night crept away replaced by tendrils of daylight spreading across the sky.

 All I know is that when I stepped outside to see the rosy glow of morning reflected on the world around me I knew I needed to capture it before it was gone, never to be reclaimed.

So, feeble as my words may be...

Inadequate as my lens and skills may be to capture it in it's glory...

Here is my

November sunrise...