Rain today - our sudden days of sun over for now while a lot of the eastern US is getting flooded. I am working on learning the digital camera we've had since 2003, and hardly knew the first thing about. What is this odd thing we do? - want new technology but don't want to read the manual. I'm going to take a course on digital photographer and Photoshop, and if I know how to use this camera and still want a new one, maybe I'll get it.The little old camera delivered a nice picture today under overcast skies. It doesn't allow manual control, as far as I know now, but does have a macro setting, so I got within about 4 inches of the snowdrops. This is our back yard - the first of the snowdrops there, but they are abundant over on Glenmont Road, where there are also yellow carpets of winter aconite thrown down.
Of course I love the moss and lichen on the brick above. The snowdrops have willingly made their way through the layers of oak leaves, as if they wanted to be a metaphor. But they do not have something strictly comparable to our intention.
Cloudy skies are best for taking pictures, I read, but not so good for my mood. I would really enjoy being tucked in bed reading on a rainy evening if you had confidence that tomorrow the sun will break through. We're not there yet. There's more of March to go.
Thank you this picture of hope. The snowdrop in your picture pushing through reminds me of a feeling that spring (lightness of heart) is coming even though clouds hover. I close my eyes and hear the gentle rain on the skylight in the home I loved near the neighbors I loved more. In my mind's eye I see that carpet of aconite and remember the fox I carried to my backyard for a final rest.
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