Keepin' An Eye Out

I’ve been thinking about why I do this blipping, searching for an image every day. I’m in my ninth year of keeping a daily photo journal, so around 3,000 images. We don’t travel very much, meaning most of my pictures are fairly local ordinary life things. And as I think back over the years, I think I havent repeated myself very often. There is always something new and interesting to see! Imagine that!

And then I start thinking about gratitude. Gratitude for all these daily things, and gratitude for the ability to see them. And I think a lot of this journal keeping is about feeling blessed, feeling the joy in my ordinary life. These images are little prayers. Little thankyous for the wonder of being part of this universe. A landscape, a flower, a bird. Thank you! The ocean, an insect, a juxtaposition. Thank you! Lines, colors, air, water—thank you!