ivyology | "the trick is to keep breathing ..."

Paternal unit came, and car battery was jumped. After, to get the battery charged up, I went for a drive, in the general direction of the lake - always one of my favorite random routes, especially this time of year. When everything's green and the sun is positioned just right, everything (everything) is breathtaking.

It made me very happy, the drive. There is much beauty in the world, in the strangest and smallest of places, and it's enough for everyone to live on. Everything will be all right.

I had an overwhelming urge to photograph it; truly stunning shots kept appearing and I didn't want to just let them fade into that damn memory of mine. Tomorrow evening, before Roswell, I think I'll do it. I've got to use up the roll of color film anyway, and I think I'll buy a roll of black and white when I go out tomorrow. I always prefer to use both with landscape shots, for contrast. It's the learning experience, or what have you.

I need to buy something. Preferably not a cd, although I'm always inherently inclined to make all purchases cd's. Regardless, I'll try to be strong and buy something different for a change.

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the whole "beauty of the world" thing is so amazing sometimes. this is my religion, i think: nature, doing what it does, all harmoniously and so genuinely beautifully. our collective disconnection with nature has left us lost and unsettled, looking for something but we know not quite what. we tend to ignore what nature tells us, what it shows us. if we listened we could certainly be a lot happier.

i just love how aesthetic you are, by the way. i always meant to tell you that. i love the way you see things, it makes me happy, in an odd, vicarious sort of way. anyway, have a lovely, aesthetically pleasing day. :-P

"the trick is to keep breathing ..."

"you take such pretty photos..."