I've promised myself to begin taking the camera for the daily rounds of life to accomplish a few things all at once: doing this will keep me a bit more aware of my day as it unfolds, to appreciate it and to be on the look out for a magical moment or token life puts in my path, like these rambling roses and lilies and luscious greens that I pass just up the road each day when I walk Niko to the bus stop.
heart rocks find me...this one waiting for me by the side of the road
more friends on the am walkSomehow capturing them in a photo is an act that will create a memory; of the time I spent to really look at my life and what's there around me. Of taking the time to see what's there, to interact with it. When I look back on this day, the one I'm celebrating in a more deliberate way, it will be a sweet memory of belonging to the small and simple events as they unfurled themselves.
I look forward to developing a sharper eye and sense of "the shot" and playing with the medium more and I hope too it will be so wonderful that I will make this ritual one I wouldn't dream of doing without. Sharing the little moments is what brings such joy; the stories we make as we move through our lives as traveling companions with others, engaged , rooted, deepening our history and friendships along the way.
In a way I'm glad the treadmill refused to walk me anymore...it got me out of the dreary basement and into all this!
