Summer Dreams

We have had some amazing weather this fall. One year ago, there was snow on the ground, a lot of it.  Today, it was plus 17!  I am not sure what we would do without Facebook memories!  

I have been thinking about the summer and how fleeting the heat, haze and overall slow pace of summer days can have.  This year, we once again made a trip to the the North Bay area to visit family and attend a wedding. I brought my SLR knowing that there would be much opportunity to snap some shots.  I thought I would have had my camera by my hip at all times.  

I didn't.  I wanted to enjoy the time there, to really experience the moments, not behind a lens or a filter but simply to be.  There were some pretty big moments such as the wedding and the birth of a new family member.  Both events life changing, both events full of love.  I will simply post the few images I took.  One of new life, the other of a old soul who has been a part of my life for many years.  Both loved.  

​This is the most challenging activity that humans get into, which is love. You know, where we have the sense that we can't live without love. That life has very little meaning without love.
~Leonard Cohen