Virginia Is For Families

It will be time soon for some Christmas photos.  And I have noticed that there have been a lot of search engine requests for last years photos this past week.

People are getting ready I guess.  They want to see Christmas photos even before Thanksgiving.  And one of the nice things about having a blog that is over one year old is that you can provide holiday photos prior to the holiday.

But I am still a little bit hung up about autumn leaves.  They are still desperately hanging on the trees and I feel for them.  They have lost their beauty.  And in a way I guess I identify with them in my old age.  Because I was (after all) such a beautiful youth.  Cough.

Youth is beauty.  I guess that’s what I’m trying to say.  Certainly it seems so when we take photos of our children and our grandchildren.

So I went for a walk over to the U a few weeks ago and took some photos.  But when I looked at them I was very discouraged.  Looking back I think it was the glare.  I usually forget to put the little hood on the end of the lens.

And what do you get when you forget to do that?  Trouble!   But sometimes you can go back after awhile and get a new perspective.  Your mood changes.  Maybe you felt rushed.  Maybe you were just disappointed and tired so you didn’t really try to dig down for the gold.

Maybe later you do the digging and see something shiny.  Maybe it’s gold.  Maybe it’s just bronze.  But it’s something worth saving.

So here they are.   Perhaps there is a high school student out there who will look at these some day and make a decision about going to this school.

Maybe he (or she) will look at the colorful leaves and feel good about being young and ready for adventure.

Never thinking about leaves that are drained of their color and ready to blow away in the icy winds of November.

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