January 12, 2014

toto, we're not in kansas anymore



actually, we've never even been to kansas.


i mean it's not that there's anything wrong with kansas and i'm guessing the people who live there are simply wonderful, but we've just not ever had the opportunity to visit there. wait, does it sound like i'm back pedaling? i hope not. i'm sure it's a lovely state.


anyhow, we are in florida and yesterday was stormy and dark. when the rain cleared, we went for a walk in the leftovers. it was the perfect combination of mist and fog and warmth and i loved it.


i'm not sure what it is about fog lately, but it's kind of grabbed me. in a good way. actually it's more like a "wow, where you have been all of my life and why i haven't been paying more attention to you" kind of way. don't you agree that there's just something so mystical about fog, or maybe ethereal...or serene. whatever it is, i just know i love it.


this last photo, in all its glorious blurriness, is my favorite. i'm assuming i was focused on a water droplet {as there was that much moisture in the air} and somehow achieved photographing exactly how the combination of mist and fog and warmth felt on my skin. i love it when life gives you a gift.

14 comments:

  1. I think you have captured its essence wonderfully.

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  2. The fog apparently loves you and your camera, too. Beautiful, misty, wet, loveliness.

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  3. I am in Georgia, and it is a lovely change from snow and ice bound northern NY.
    Love the pictures.

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  4. You have been in a "foggy" mood lately! That's fine with me, because your photos have such mood and mystery, I could look at them all day!

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  5. Lovely....over the weekend we drove over "our" lake and the scene was just like this (except with water), but DARN it, I didn't have my camera ready, and I slapped myself for it! :-)

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  6. There are times when I feel like I'm living in fog...and it has it's good and bad aspects. When you can capture a mood and feeling with a photograph...that is the universe being exactly where it is meant to be at the exact moment you feel it!

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  7. Sigh, I love foggy photos. Fog comes often here, but I don't usually get out to shoot it, feeling kind of blah. Maybe I should make myself get out.

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  8. Ah, a misty day is always pretty in its own way.

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  9. Life is giving you lots of sweet gifts these days, Sweets ! Enjoy enjoy enjoy and kiss the warm (er) sea for me !

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  10. Love your foggy pictures and the last was immediately my favorite too.
    And for Kansas, you haven't missed much. I lived there for almost 5 years
    and so glad I left.

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  11. I love the fog when it's warm-- More great photos, Beth. So lovely.
    xoxo jj

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  12. These are absolutely gorgeous images!!

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  13. The fog has completely consumed us here over the last few days... completely gobbled us whole. And I have never been so happy about it. :)

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth