Dreary day.....

Is it just the weather, wet, dull - so soggy and it's been like this now for what seems like ages.....i do seem to remember a day with sunshine not so long ago, but somehow today it feels like it's been raining forever! Low energy, insular feelings of something like missing.....not too surprising really, having had one daughter here for over 3 weeks, knowing that next week she takes off to the west coast for god knows how long....and my other daughter struggling with this very real and large separation......and i'm too far away to be of any great comfort! or so it seems! It's not an overwhelming sense of sadness, but there is a small layer just there, below the surface of a basically very happy person!

had a good day working in the studio, getting myself ready for a show at the end of this month. I haven't had this situation for awhile it seems....so there is a part of me that is very excited about a new show.....and it is close to home, and quite short!

I had the idea to go looking for an image to suit my mood.....this one feels very close....the dying iris leaves, in the rain.....offering so many contrasts and layers. The colours are so much more vibrant with the rain, they are at the final stage of existence, and yet, the beauty in the many colours i found there, while crouching in the rain, with brolly in one hand and camera in the other.....was also a strong metaphor for the true and many layered feelings I was experiencing.