time

i was hinting at this when i spoke of the canning jars i store in cyberspace. barbara kingsolver said she wanted to “pin the river to its banks,” which was always poignant to me. on the verge of 38, time is racing by. utah phillips’ statement, “time is an enormous long river” puts it into broader perspective. i’m just one person standing in the river, what my ancestors put in the river flows down to me, and what i put in it flows from me down to the future.

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looking back in time.

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looking forward in time.

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being here now.

participating in the weekly photo challenge from the daily post: time was last week’s theme

~rainbow mondays~ effort and surrender

 

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red: back yard apples getting redder at the vacation house.

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orange: flora and fauna of the vacation house provide ample self care photography sessions.

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orange: presenting the newly promoted orange belt in the family!

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yellow: most of these yellow transparents have since been turned into applesauce after having their portraits done.

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yellow: back yard goldenrod

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green: squirrel eating the next to last yellow plum.

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blue: summer sky with roses

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blue: steller’s jay in back yard orchard

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purple: bolting leafy greens reveal a chicory relative

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black and white: bart and lisa, yin and yang, clockwise and counterclockwise, reminding us to find the balance between effort and surrender in life. sometimes you have to keep stuffing 152 pounds of peaches in a jar. other times you have to take a nap on a fuzzy blanket.

~rainbow mondays~

a splash of color on monday morning

a photo study documenting the colors of the spectrum: the balance points between light reflected and light absorbed