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Doing It The Slow Way

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Auger Bit 112321” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

There’s a spiritual connection in things made by human hands. When a person creates something there’s more to it than shape, form the function. The creator imparts the essence of their own spark into the piece. I’ve often thought and wrote about how a person can’t hold a moment any more than they can hold a river. Yes you can build a dam and regulate the flow but eventually the water has to come out or the dam will burst. A person who invests time is sharing an ever diminishing asset. The auger bit in tonight’s Feature Image is for my antique brace and bit set. I have power tools and among them are modern cordless drills and saws as well as what’s common to a homeowner in America. And I use them often. But the antique tools are different. There’s a meditative quality to doing things the slow way. Especially when you’re powering the equipment with old fashioned elbow grease. I once had a line boss that said he needed his power tools because he wasn’t making mistakes fast enough. And it’s true that when you’re working with the hand tools you pay more attention to each stroke. You begin to synchronize your breath with the stroke of the tool as your very heartbeat drives the next cut. The connection is even deeper when you grow, harvest and cure your own wood. It doesn’t need to be a major timber operation. You can often gain hobby sized wood from landscape trimmings. There’s plenty of resources on the internet that can teach you how to select and cure small pieces and sometimes it’s as easy as rescuing a piece of firewood that’s already cured and waiting to be worked. It doesn’t have be a masterpiece. The first one is always going to be a learning experience but it’s the experience itself that’s the goal here. I’ve mostly been referring to woodworking but the same thing applies to painting, sculpting clay or anything else that puts your mind and hands in contact with the medium you choose. Maybe you’ll even find a broken pallet and take the pieces to create tools for sculpting clay. Whatever it is let me encourage you to try. You might find that your creations are good enough to wrap up and present them as gifts for Christmas. ( Or whatever holiday you celebrate. )

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

Announcement 2.0

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Having Faith In The Future

black and white photography, wildlife

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Breath Of Promise 102221” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

Just a little housecleaning before tonight’s story. There will be no post this Friday because my wife and I will be celebrating our wedding anniversary.

One by one the tiny seeds take flight in the strong autumn breezes. I watch as they climb into the air and seem to dance as they defy gravity. Of course for any plant the seeds represent the anticipation of a future and a promise from the creator that not only will life continue but that through the seeds they will be a part of future life. For the milkweed that means hosting the beautiful Monarch Butterfly and other insects that depend on it’s wellbeing. The simple thought for tonight is that it’s not enough to simply believe in a bright future. You must also prepare for it with the expectation your roll in it is important. And that you can’t just hold onto your preparation until you see the changes taking place. But you must release your assets in the full faith and trust that they will be received. The milkweed has no way of knowing that it’s seeds will find the right place to flourish. It’s obligated to yield up it’s seeds to the wind and trust that the promise of destiny will be fulfilled. That at least some of fruit of its summer season will survive the snow and ice and awaken in just the right place at just the right time to grow and bloom and become the beautiful thing that it was meant to be. We should also consider this in our lives as well. We all have something that we plan and dream for. When the time comes to release the fruit of our plans and preparations we do so in faith that at least some of it will find just the right place to flourish.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

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A Vist To Ghost Forest At Salmon Run

black and white photography, Landscapes

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Progression Of The Fade 102121” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

There is a stillness in the void that was the lake just a few weeks ago. The depths have faded into a trickle and revealed the hiding place of the ones that got away. I haven’t visited this part of the lake since they started charging admission onto the parking lot. It’s not really that I’m bothered by a parking fee. It’s just not practical for me because I only spend a few minutes per trip and so I went to other places this year instead. But in the off season they stop charging and I happened to be close by do I visited the area. The roots and stumps of a ghost forest are just the thing for an October outing. The winter pool landscape offers a variety of textures and the tracks of the wildlife is easy to find in the soft muddy bottom. As I sit quietly on the edge of yesterday’s landscape I can almost hear the voices of those who passed along the forgotten pathways. The old creek is still there and with the mind’s eye I see the old stumps transformed into their former glory and once again stretch out to touch the sky along the rocky banks of the creek. A young boy strolls to edge of the water and tosses in a hook at the end of a cane pole. He has a cork for a bobber and no need for a fancy reel. Perhaps the line is made from a few strands of horse hair collected from a mane or tail. The natural fiber blends well into the environment and almost disappears in the water. The one modem piece of equipment is the small bell that’s tied securely to the tip of the pole. The barefooted boy sets his pole and leans back against the tree but he’s barely settled when the bell rings. He levers the fish from the water and places in his hand woven krill bag. He looks up, smiles and gives a friendly wave at me across almost a century of seasons before vanishing completely. The lake bottom holds a thousand such memories as does almost every spot in these mountains. All you need to see the story is to be still and look for them.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

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Gathered

black and white photography, Church

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The morning is soft and gentle as the sunshine begins to push back the clouds and smile on the three rivers. A few days ago I lost all connections to the outside world and had to make an important call. So this is the closest spot where I can both get a good strong signal and sit comfortably in my truck to make calls.

I’m not a member of the church in photo but I am attracted to the building. Lately I’ve thought long and hard about what constitutes “a church”. The best definition I can think of is where two or more are gathered. The places where I like to go are often referred to as “God’s country”. Little out of the way places where I can sit Peacefully and have a conversation without words. I’ve not had a “home church” for a long time. There was no drama or divisions that caused this but the pastor passed away and the congregation dispersed into the world. And yet at the same time I do feel that connection with friends and family. Sometimes just a stranger that I bump into. One of the last things my pastor said to me was that God wanted a church without walls. By this I think he meant that church isn’t a building or a day of the week or an organization but the unity of believers. So what is the gathering? It’s when we all focus on Christ in benevolence for each other and those who are seeking.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

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In The Echoes Of A Moment

black and white photography, Thoughts and Musing, wildlife

Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “A Moment’s Echoes 100321” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

The gentle breeze makes the water shimmer slightly as it collects the airborn seeds of the reeds and thistles. A few chirps of the birds can be heard from hidden perches as the sun progresses Westward through it’s ordained arch. The thistles line up perfectly for me as I snapped the shutter. Visually they resemble what to me looks like an echo in time. Each stalk could be the same one at different points in its own existence.

I’ve always been blessed with a great long-term memory. If I’m relaxed enough and there’s no distraction I can vividly recall things like the buttons on a person’s shirt while they ate breakfast. But the details like what day it was or why I was at that specific place at that specific time I’m not sure of. But I digress. Like the thistle line in the photo the further back I go the fuzzier the memory is. Scientists say that bad experiences are the easiest to remember because “primitive man” needed that mechanism to survive. And on the surface that makes sense. If a person was out picking berries and ran into a saber tooth cat and survived then he would definitely need to remember where that cat lives. But in my own experience the most vivid memories are the good ones. Sitting on my grandfather’s lap and learning to count to 10 with grains of salt that I’d knocked over would be one. The birth of my younger brother is also a vivid memory. I even remember ‘Tippy” which was my first dog when I was about four years old. It’s not really that bad things never happened but that they didn’t last. Eventually they became the fuzzy part because I chose to focus on the good things and make them more important.

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