by susan preston | Aug 7, 2020 | Bosque del Apache, Landscape, Photo of the Day
A Serious Thing “It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.” – Mary Oliver Photo Credits: Late Winter Landscape by Susan J. Preston, Bosque del Apache, NM © 2020, all rights reservedTechnical: Fuji XT-2 | XF 16-55...
by susan preston | Feb 24, 2020 | Musings, Photo of the Day, Sunrise + Sunset
How this heart melts for all of us As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away. – Henry Ward Beecher If you look closely you...
by susan preston | Feb 23, 2020 | Landscape, Musings, Photo of the Day
Surprised by Snow One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice –though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles.“Mend my life!”each voice cried.But you didn’t...
by susan preston | Feb 17, 2020 | Landscape, Musings, Photo of the Day, San Luis Valley
Sand Dunes with Melting Snow “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” – Lewis Hine It’s been almost a year since I photographed the sand dunes in the San Luis Valley. I’m very good at getting out there and...
by susan preston | Feb 16, 2020 | Photo of the Day, Trees
The Winter of Listening What is precious inside us does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence. What disturbs and then nourishes has everything we need. What we hate in ourselves is what we cannot know in ourselves but what...