a thousand times before....

if you had told me five years ago

that someday

i'd fall in love with an old stone wall sliding precariously close to a lake's edge

or

exposed tree roots that had outgrown themselves

i would have grabbed the yellow pages and searched institutes

~for both of us~

::

i guess i have always loved landscapes

but

not enough to necessarily photograph them

or

to even think they were worthy of being photographed

::

but now

i see beauty everywhere

and

everyday landscapes that i've seen a thousand times

are sucking me in

like that deep breath you take so carefully

when your doctor has a stethoscope on your back

::

so today

even if your landscape is piles of dirty laundry or dishes

or

a mess of pillows and blankets while the bedding gets changed

love it

let it suck you in

photograph it

and

be amazed

that what you've seen so many times before

can

be amazing and beautiful

today

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