beyond words...

sweet sisters of stone...

i am in love with statues that i find in cemeteries...

 

 

 

 

i see vulnerability and strength...sweetness and sadness...

every time i find one,

i wonder about who they represent,

and about the  family

who's loss is soothed by these beautiful statues...

 

To the sweet sisters of stone -

may you always stand strong,

and may you forever rest in peace...

 

each image has been enhanced with kim klassen's textures



a gray day...

everywhere i looked,

there were different shades of gray...

i think i counted 50 shades :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sidenote - oddly enough, on the day that the photo challenge was 'something gray,'

the world cooperated with a gray day. 

i decided to stop at a cemetery after shooting at Gray's Beach on the cape

and see if i could get gray headstones. 

i took a bunch of pics and spooked myself -

not the best idea since i am here alone at the cape -

but when i went home and uploaded the images,

i realized that this headstone was honoring a woman named Rebecca Gray. 

 

so on this day, 10/2/12, almost 150 yrs after she died,

on 'something gray' day,

i too honor Rebecca Gray  :)

and another odd thing - i JUST realized that the texture i used to enhance the gravestone shot was kim klassen's 'partings'   it all comes together sometimes, doesn't it :)



winter beauty...

it was supposed to snow on saturday, not a blizzard, but somewhere between 3-6 inches.  thinking it would be perfect timing for some winter pictures, i got up early to photograph the snowfall at daybreak. 

 it was disappointing to see there wasn't a flake in sight.  

a year ago, we had 3+ feet on the ground; this winter, the only significant snowstorm was in october. 

finally around 7am, a few flurries fell but by 9am the sun was glowing behind the clouds, ending any hope for a winter wonderland...   

despite the disappointing accumulation of nothin', i went out to take pictures anyway. 

and on a grayish brown day, that looked pretty boring at first glance, there was a whole lot of beauty, everywhere i drove...  

apparently, i needed that lesson :)

a winter garden...

enhanced with kim klassen's textures 'awaken' and 'organic' (i think)

sweet angel in stone...

the sun glowing thru the clouds...

bending can make you stronger...                                   a horse, alone in morning flurries...

color on a gray day...

a door with a view...

enhanced with kim's 'simplicity' texture...

stone beauty...

this statue is in a small cemetery

she sits off in the corner, not in plain sight

in late afternoon, the light hits her face and somehow she comes alive

i love her....

she has been enhanced with contrast, saturation and one layer of kim klassen's awaken texture, very light...

time out...

i decided tonight that i needed some time for me.
i needed a time out from work.

so i went on my favorite blogs,
looking for inspiration...
looking for peace of mind...
looking for relief of some sort...
looking for me.

i found everything i was looking for,
and then some.
thank you blogger friends-who-are-strangers.

you were just what i needed :)