Cabin fever has struck me with a vengeance.
When I get out, it’s like I’ve been released from prison.
I even turned my recent eye doctor’s appointment into an event. I had every person in the store helping me pick out new glasses—including the other customers. Somehow, despite all of the hoopla, I managed to catch a glimpse of my eye doctor heading back into her office to get me later. When I found her, she said she didn’t want to interrupt. She thought there was a rep in the office showing off the latest glasses as that’s the only time she’s seen such a crowd of people focused on one person (socially distanced of course).
Then there were the glasses themselves. Thank goodness for the avant-garde mind who decided to create a pair with splashes of red, yellow, and black, along with some clear see-through sections. They were perfect in my search for fun.
Later the same week, I left my hair salon with hair colors to complement my glasses. I sincerely believe my hairstylist knows what I’m thinking before I do. I always leave there happier than when I arrived. And, trust me, I’m already a pretty happy person.
All this to say that sometimes it’s important to leave something better than when you found it. My entire optometrist office and my hair stylist did that for me — all in less than one week’s time.
I’m hoping I can do the same for you. I decided to devote this blog to a carousel of nature photos and to the photographers behind them, who leave us with glimpses of nature better than they found it. (Thank you, Don and Gary!) They often help us to see things we might otherwise miss or to reveal things that the eye simply can’t see or will never get to see in real life. And sometimes they miraculously enhance the beauty of nature, even though she’s got a good thing going to start.
I’m certain that we each have a gift (even though it took me quite some time to find mine). Take yours and make something better than you found it. Make something amazing. Aren’t you glad these photographers did?