Seeing Things That Aren't There

Since the sun has decided to bless us all in western Oregon, I've been trying to take advantage of each day with an early morning stroll - along with my camera!

Today, I was trying to think of different types of things to photograph in a neighborhood that I've been walking through for almost 8 years. Things have a way of blurring and whirring by when you are used to them. You take them for granted.


I have a bad habit of this in many aspects of my life. I can have a myriad of wonderful, color-filled, creative days, but all it takes is one bad day to blur all those good ones as I sit in my little puddle of self-wallowing.

I strive not to do that, but instead, to find that little unexpected bit of beauty in every situation.
No, it doesn't always work. But heck, it's worth trying!


The sun just seems to make everyone a little lighter, a little brighter. I know that it has helped wipe some of the gloomy cobwebs from my brain as I stretch in the sun and run off to find my next little peek of inspiration!


I hope that everyone gets a bit of time to look at things differently - to see what might not usually be there in our normal rush about; but is there waiting patiently for us to notice.