window

looking in or looking out?
looking to the future or looking to the past?
wanting to be on the other side?
or grateful for where i am?

windows - i don't know why, but i love them...

the mall

wednesday march 31 was a rough day.
as always, the day started with emails, facebook and the morning news. keeping myself informed...
as the day went on, i felt like i was on a roller coaster of news. apparently, tuesday's mall evacuation in warwick was not because the parking lot and surrounding walls had poor drainage and therefore water had collected from the crazy rains dumping 16 inches of water. no, it wasn't that. the dam on the neighboring river had broken and the river had flooded the area.
so wednesday, i spent hours trying to coordinate getting customers' Easter pics to a different portrait studio and figuring out how to communicate the changes to everybody who needed to know. pain in the neck but not devastating...
then pics of the mall started showing up - on my email, on facebook, on the news...
could that be the mall?? and the hotel i stayed at a couple of weeks ago? omg. the water is 5 feet deep. the mall is an island and there's no way in. based on what i see in the pics, there is also no way back to normal.
on a much smaller scale, i can understand Katrina in a new way. the big losses, the small losses - all losses hurt. i am, like everyone else, grateful that no lives were lost. which leaves me focusing on the other losses... a way of life, a way to make a living and provide for families, homes, memories, vehicles, roads... hard to fathom. my thoughts and prayers go out to all those who are suffering from these floods. may they all find a bridge over these troubled waters...

two by two...

tuesday's word was the number TWO. and with the unending rain, it was time to gather the animals, two by two, and get on board...
i had big hopes for this word but the day floated away with the raging streams and washed out roads. i did capture a few images before heading to work, and a few more on the drive to work. but none met the high hopes i'd had for the day. i may have to do this word TWO times...

secrets to keep...

today's word to photograph was SECRET.
i didn't know what to shoot so i drove around looking for inspiration.
and there, in the mall parking lot was a secret message - a blue balloon. i'd sent them to her to say hello and she just said 'back at ya.'
i went home and pulled out the box of things she saved in her closet. a scrap of fabric, a telegram, a love letter - a box of secrets found after she was gone with no way to know the reasons why she saved them. so i put them in a safe place and i save them too...

a tall tale

today's word was TALL. i decided it was time for a ride in the city streets instead of the countryside. so i drove to springfield MA. not a city famous for its tall buildings but apparently if you look, you will find.

a picture's worth a thousand words

saturday
march 27
so many people are participating in this photo hunt word of the day on facebook. its exciting to see them getting as much out of this game as i have. and their pics are taking the word of the day to a whole new level.
today's word was WORD. i love this one. i went through my collages, i drove around town, i over-shot again. i don't know which to celebrate more today - word or picture. so today i celebrate both through pictures of words...

oldies but goodies

friday
march 26

today's word of the day was old. besides the obvious self-portrait, i was surrounded by old stuff. i went on a ride around town and thoroughly enjoyed celebrating OLD.