saturday sky on egg and i road
when the rain rain rain drips steadily upon us this fall, i want to remember that you turned down egg and i road instead of driving by like always.
i want to remember that you stopped the car in the middle of this quiet road so i could take photos of pink and sky and the miles leading up to mountains.
i want to remember how we talked about my big dream and how we need to explore more roads like this in case it is just waiting for us around the corner.
i want to remember all those flowers quietly growing together along the road as so many birds called to one another while paul simon sang about graceland through the car window.
i want to remember that you really always do give me the space to be me.
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"Scenes from This Day" is a prompt in my book Inner Excavation. It's about taking your camera with you on your day-to-day moments and capturing what it is to be in your corner of the world. It's about letting go of the need for the perfect photo from the perfect day and instead using the camera to document the small moments that make up your life. It's about telling the story, your story, in the way that will help you remember the textures and rhythms and sacredness.
scenes from this day in through the lens
Reader Comments (8)
Thank you for this... I want to remember this little adventure we had as we explored this road with Ellie sleeping in the back and you and I dreaming of a retreat amidst woods, but also near mountains and sea... This was a magical hour...
I'm nodding my head in agreement...your photos are gorgeous, and so are your words :)
How lovely is this post?
so serene-- i can get lost looking at these photos & reading the words-- thanks for the journey!
How do you balance enjoying/experiencing the moment and capturing some essence of it? I'm always curious about this. I often don't want to pull away from things to grab my camera, though would like to have the pictures later.
what a name for a road!
i have been noticing that i take more photos in small moments and less photos in big moments. or, maybe it's also that i take more photos of small things and less photos of big things. so i like this idea.
this is beautiful ~ thank you. your words and images hit me where i most needed them.
xo
beautiful.