The pace I was taking during the month of December finally caught up with me yesterday, and I ended up falling asleep on the couch and didn't manage to get anything written. I thought about finishing something up earlier this morning, but decided against it and let things ride for a day. That left me with two panoramic shots from yesterday that I'll go ahead and post in keeping with my loose rule set, but frankly they're not close to my favorite photographic work to date. I suppose the weariness was being reflected in just about everything I did yesterday.
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| Severn River from Triton Light |
The day was crisp, but clear and the sun was a welcome addition from the recent spate of cloudiness. Although Triton Light is more than a little washed out from the sun, the flying gull was a happy surprise. I did not realize at the time I'd caught one in the air.
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| Fitch Bridge over College Creek at Night |
The clarity of the day extended into the evening hours leading to some bracing temperatures, but during the walk that led to this relatively uninspiring shot I saw a great many stars for the first time in a very long time. Orion, the Hunter, was low in the eastern sky, and it was warming in spite of the cold to have the suns of other solar systems back in my sights.
After some much needed rest, today was a much better day. It worries me some that although I'm putting in some credible distances a month of less than half the N2N-TCP goal leads to a degree of weariness that, so far, is quite difficult to push through. Be that as it may, the only thing for it is to keep pressing I suppose.
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| Severn River Sunrise |
I happened to be crossing the bridge in the foreground of the last photo just at sunrise this morning, and at about the mid-span point I decided to turn around and try to capture some of the unfolding grandeur from a park on the northeast side of the Severn River.
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| Sunrise over the Severn River |
The content of the last two photos is similar, and I waffle between which one I like better than the other. The warmth of the second shot is enticing, but I think the first picture more accurately captures the calm cold feeling of the morning.
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| Abandoned Docks in the Shadow of the Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard Bridge |
The abandoned docks on the banks of the Severn in the shadow of the Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard high bridge over the river bring me back to a simpler time when the watermen of the Chesapeake plied their trade to harvest the bounty of the Bay. There is no doubt that the industrialization of these activities has allowed more efficient use of folks time, but it seems to me that we've lost some of the connection to the natural beauty and connection to our environment in the process.
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| Boat Stored for the Winter on the Severn |
This boat in its left has become part of the landscape for me. I actually don't ever remember seeing this boat lift empty. It's something that I'll have to watch for going forward because a boat out of water most of the time strikes me as a little sad. She seems like she wants to run, and I'd like to see her out there cutting the water.
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| New Day on the Severn |
This picture capture the beginning of what turned out to be a remarkable January day on the Severn River. The air was still crisp, but the golden sun rising out of the east telegraphed the warmth with a bit of a nip that would follow for about the next seven hours or so. Although I hadn't yet hit the trail, I like to think that the practice of walking prepped me for taking the moments required to witness the sun ushering in a new day. Being well rested didn't hurt a bit either.
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