Today was another dark, gloomy, rainy day and I was ready to give up on the photo of the day and maybe even take a break from 365. Then I remembered why I started this project close to 500 days ago - to find some kind of beauty every single day.
It's been a really tough couple of weeks, so thank you to all of you who follow, comment and have become true friends. You really do uplift me every day.
Just as I posted my sunset shot I saw your post about rain and clouds! I feel a little guilty! :)
Beautiful colors on this, Laurie! I love what you wrote!
This photo lifts me up. it's so beautiful, Laurie. And you are right--some days this project sets everything straight. Even if I can't find my own beauty, someone finds it for me. xx
this is a beautiful shot Laurie - lovely composition and focus. I've posted more fillers than I've ever posted this month...I guess it's tough to keep it up all the time huh? doesn't stop me looking at things as if I had a camera in front of me! Hope things get easier for you soon x
Well Laurie, I'm glad you decided to hang on a little longer, just as I said in my post earlier. Some days are really tough lately to come up with something fresh. I am coming up on the end of my second year, and I too am finding it very tough sometimes.
Lovely photo of lilacs. It was really difficult to find something to photograph, and today promises to be much the same. Everything is becomingky blindingly green though and I try to see all this rain as a promise of prettier days ahead, even if some of my newly planted pansies are drowning! Anyway, nice DOF and focus on the lilacs
This is such a beautiful shot, and I'm glad that you were able to refocus yourself and remember your reasons for doing this. Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in just taking a picture because you somehow feel obligated to yourself to do it, and I think that's when this project starts to get overwhelming.
This is a fave for me. The colors and the detail in this are awesome. Glad you are here. Your photos and words keep me going. I have found ( you included) so many nice people on this site. My job just about ruined me , being so suspicious of everything and everyone, this site has turned that around. The love of be beautiful things in life, come out in your photos
I hear you Laurie. Lately it feels like a chore to pick up the camera and I've been questioning myself as well. Was it this time last year that we were having the same issues?
Oh I have those days too:( But then I imagine not popping in to say hi to all my friends and am sad at the thought of missing our morning chats, so I pick up the camera one more time:) Glad to see you did as well.
Funny how it was easier to get through the dull winter than keep up with the project right now, but I'm just a beginner compared to you. The lilac shot is superb.
what a beautiful picture!! i understand you, i just started this project, but going to work, iti is very hard to find, every day, different subjects. but this is the project, able to get to the end, with tenacy and imagination.
@ptowncook I would say "ditto" to Maureen in P-Town. This is a really uplifting part of my daily routine....to check on other people's photos. Many of you, including YOU Laurie, should have a camera close by all the time. Your photographs are so gorgeous. You can't quit Laurie. I get my daily Cape Cod fix from your pix! Love you!
hey Laurie... i'm so sorry you're having a rough time... i'm glad you're able to use photography to find some beauty in the day... i love lilacs and this is a lovely photo!
Such beautiful shades of purple captured so amazingly. So glad you decided to stay ... I would miss you and your wonderful photos! So sorry you've been having a tough time. Sending you lots of positive energy and hopes for much better days.
Laurie, this shot is so pretty! I love lilacs and this really is a beautiful shot; makes me smile and I can almost smell them! I have a hard time having inspiration when the weather is rainy and gloomy sometimes. I know where you're coming from, and I'm so glad you remembered why you started this project. You inspire me!
sending you huge hugs...and big kisses...this shot is exactly why you do this everyday...keeps you outside on wonderful therapeutic walks...and living IN the moment...xoxoxooxox
Beautiful colors on this, Laurie! I love what you wrote!
I hope the next weeks are a big improvement on these last ones!