Moon Shadows

Winter has brought some exceptionally cold days. Single digits and icy walkways hardly beckon, but moon shadows do. On our nightly postprandial walks these tree shadows on the white snow are ethereal. I try to let myself sink into them. 

I am lucky enough to live in a world of beauty. Some of it I make (or try to), but much of it is all around us. It's just waiting for us to immerse ourselves, take a deep breath, and hold onto a moment, however briefly.

Like trying to catch the sight of a dappled forest in summer, the camera doesn't do a great job of capturing this image. The fact that it surrounds you may be part of that, but I think that the objective eye of the camera is just not up to the multiple sensory components our bodies take in. The deep breath (cold fresh air), the cold nose, the warm mittens, the crunch underfoot . . . the whole bit. 

And the quiet.