Friday, July 6, 2012

green leaf feeling ....

i love taking pictures .... photos ... though i'm pretty sure my photography skills are weak, i take photos with zeal ....
in the olden days i could go on a trip and use 20 rolls of film .....
now, i can take thousands of photos in a week EASILY ... most of them aren't great ... but that's one of the joys: taking lots so you can delete the bad ones and not miss them ....

here's a photo i took on the sunday before memorial day.  i was in costa rica with my family.  i was feeling that kind of overwhelming happy that happens when the vacation really starts ... after the packing, after the parking the car in long term parking, after making your way into the airport, after the whole checking in and security ... security with passports .... and the plane flight .... and customs ... and finding the guy who is holding a sign with your name so he can drive you to your hotel .... after the driver tells you to get out of the car and look at the 20 foot long crocodiles and he'll meet you on the other side of the bridge .... after you get to the hotel .. after you check in .... after you settle down for your first meal in a long time and you are ON the beach ... toes in the sand ... and then waiter brings cool drinks and exotic unordered appetizer ... THAT moment of happiness ... ok, now vacation is feeling vacationy....
and i looked up from my table on the sand by pacific ocean and the sun was shining through the green canopy .... we were searching for monkeys because we were on the edge of the rainforest where the monkeys like to be ... and the green was the perfect green .. and i took a picture.... and i thought that THIS will be one of the photos i delete ... cause it isn't of anything ... no kids in it .. no monkey .... no beautiful vista .... i'll forget that i took it to remember how lovely the shade was ... how perfect that green is ... how nice it was to have my airport weary toes in the sand .... how great it was to be sitting there with my four favorite people ... how exciting it was that this was the beginning of our adventure .... 

but i remembered all those feelings when i saw the photo ... could be no one else will feel it .... but i'm keeping the picture anyway .... 

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