This picture was taken on an unseasonably balmy November afternoon last week, while on a walk with a friend I hadn't seen in a while. It kind of reflects how life seems to me at the moment: bright and beautiful, but fragile, in the foreground (all the good things in life for which I am so grateful) with some threatening dark clouds always just on the edge of the frame (the hard things that have happened this year to so many people around me).
My father passed away on October 2nd. It's very difficult to get used to the idea that he is no longer there. We are all working on that. And continuing to honor his love for the outdoors.
