Chasing the light...

The week that was...

"Chasing the Light"
Somewhere in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

October 28 - November 4, 2013

Project 52 (45/52)


"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
-Chinese Proverb

I'll choose what's behind door #3 Monty...I want to light a candle AND curse the darkness.  Yep, I want it all, spoiled brat that I am.  Argh, last week was the last week before an hour of sunshine was taken away from me via Daylight Savings Time.  Just WHO is responsible for this travesty anyway?  I never understood it, and I never will.  All I know is that once that hour of sunlight is gone from my waking hours, I am just not the same person.  "Seasonal Affective Disorder"???  Perhaps.  More likely it's just that I don't like it and I'm gonna be a brat about it till that hour of sun is given back to me in the spring.  And just to make it worse, nature taunted me all last week with the most glorious sunshine of the fall.  I'm sure Mother Nature was just rubbing it in.  So I took full advantage of it and spent MANY of my daylight hours outside with my camera, chasing the light.  It didn't put up too much of a fight, it was very easy to catch.  Brilliant, beautiful, golden autumn light.  I caught it, and caught it often.

But now that I'm beginning my sunlight deprived funk, and since November is suppose to be a month of thanks and gratitude...I thought I'd do my own 30 days of gratitude to help lift my spirits so that I'm more tolerable to live with, despite the shortage of sun.  The lengths I'd go to, to make my family happier knows no boundaries.  I'm sure that would make THEIR lists...if they made one.


1.  November 1st - I am thankful that Halloween is OVER!  Not a big fan of the holiday for many reasons. Probably it all started when a bird decided to use my home-made yarn Raggedy Ann wig as it's personal toilet.  AND the skinned knee that resulted as I ran home. AND all the candy I lost when it went flying as I hit the sidewalk.  Yep, glad Halloween is over.  It's all upwards to Thanksgiving from here.

2.  November 2nd - I am grateful that Penn State won their football game vs Illinois.  And I'm even MORE grateful that it took an overtime to do it.  Because it's always nice to get more than you paid for.

3.  November 3rd - I am thankful that I have a Better Half who ALWAYS seems enthused to spend the day with me...and my camera (even if he's not).  He never complains (out loud).  AND, he can always pull off the road and find a place to park the car whenever I see a photo op.  Seriously, that guy can create a parking space outta nothing.  And he can ALWAYS navigate a walking path for me to get to where I want to photograph (creeks, rocks, steep embankments don't stop him).  He's kinda awesome that way.  Plus, I can usually finagle a dinner afterwards, because I hadn't been home all day to cook one.  It's his fault tho.  If he wasn't so good at all this we would be home a LOT sooner!

4.  November 4th - I am grateful for Starbuck's "Salted Caramel Mochas", and that they can make them "relatively skinny".  And if they REALLY can't do that, at least they care enough about me to lie so that I don't feel too much guilt.


...to be continued throughout November.


Okay, STILL feeling a bit sun deprived.  Gonna go chase the light while I can.

Here's where I'm linking up today ..."The Party's On"

Please join me on Sundays for Song-ography.

This week's song title is Miranda Lambert's "All Kinds of Kinds".