dreams...

a house by the sea...

she sits contentedly,

and waits for someone

to love her back to life...

image enhanced with kim klassen's texture "friday"...

while i wait...

in october, i dropped off my favorite nikon lens to get fixed.

 i have missed it terribly.

three months later, it still isn't back.  

they have been 'waiting for parts' all this time. 

apparently, the tsunami in japan impacted manufacturing...

over the past 3 months, i have been lost without my lens.  i felt blind, like i lost my vision...

sometimes i got angry at nikon.

then i would remind myself of the true losses from the tsunami -

 loss of life,of homes, of memories,

of the past, of the future -

and i would find my patience, regain my compassion, stop whining about my lens...

this weekend, i reached a decision...

nikon needs my support :)

so i went and bought another lens.

not only is this my show of support for nikon -

i will not let you down, i cannot switch brands, i apparently love you -

it also is a gift to me...

i was able to see again.

the first picture with my new 55mm-300mm lens...

it's not my 70mm-300mm, but it will hold me over while i wait...

visions of friday

today, the word to photograph was VISION. not an easy word, i struggled a lot trying to photograph it. i ultimately went with the theme of vision despite obvious limitations. so i took pictures of mister the one-eyed guy, keeping that one eye on the neighborhood. and his momma, with her homemade bifocals that she wears way too much, even in public.