December Musings

Here are a few images that I created over the past month......

I took the above image the day I shot the deserted cabin.  The moon looked so mysterious with the clouds wisping by...and then I found the quote! 

The next 2 images (above and below) were shot just before Christmas.  I loved how the clouds just seemed to roll around and over the mountains.  The gentle colors of the dawn add a very wonderful touch.

And, finally, this bird's nest is in our front yard, in one of the bushy shrubs.  I did play around with this image.  It reminded me of leaving home, and I found this quote that sort of speaks to life.

Enjoy!

Moon and Sunrise

Yesterday, just about dawn, I drove to a deserted cabin about 10 minutes or so from home.  I did get some great shots of the cabin (in separate posts), but the unexpected treasures came from the images I was able to capture of the moon in the dark sky and the sunrise over the landscape. (You can click on the images to enlarge them and make the quotes easier to read.)

The above image of the moon with wisps of clouds passing in front of it just seemed to evoke a sense of mystery.  Since I was out there creating images, the quote from Julia Cameron just seemed appropriate for this image.  Surprise was certainly what I felt when I found the moon posing so perfectly for me!

Here's another image from just a few minutes later.  Interesting how much darker the sky seemed to be at this point.  Again, keeping with the mystery theme of this moment, I thought this quote really kind of summed up how people (including me!) often feel about mystery and just the uncertainty of life.

 

And, finally, the sunrise on the landscape.  When people have asked me how I like living in New Mexico, I will generally tell them that this is the place where I was meant to live.  This quote seems to capture the reason why I feel that way.

 

Enjoy!



Birds Along the Rio Chama & A Surprise

As we explored along the Rio Chama, we came across more birds that I guess I expected to see.  Take a look......

I'm pretty certain the images above and below are of cormorants.  I don't know that I've seen these birds  in this part of New Mexico since we moved here, but there were a number of them here on the river!  I love watching them take off.  They sort of "run" on the water until they get up enough speed for their wings to lift them into the air!

In this image, it seems like a couple of the cormorants are leaving their buddy behind.  Don't worry, tho - a few seconds after this shot, the guy on the far left of the image took wing, too!

I'm not sure why, but it just felt odd watching the Canadian geese fly overhead down here in New Mexico!  They did land and enjoy the river, but I wanted to share this image because I never noticed their flying pattern before.  Check it out - geese #1 & #3 are in one position, while geese #2 & #4 are in another.  No matter how many shots I took of them flying, this alternating pattern was there.  Interesting!

Here was another surprise - a heron enjoying the river.  I guess I sort of startled him when I started snapping photos, because he decided (suddenly) to take off.  Still, I was able to capture this image of him "in action" so to speak!

And, here's the surprise.  Even tho it's not a "natural" bird, this image of a man made bird (a jet) and it's contrail while the moon was still in the sky created a lovely photo!

 

Enjoy!