Run For Your Camera

The other morning I was walking back from campus after taking a final, and saw something similar to the image above. The sun had recently peaked over the mountains, was backlighting the clouds, and rimming the edge of the mountain. Moments like that don't last long, so as soon as I got to my apartment I grabbed my camera and ran over toward Kiwanis Park to get a clear shot of the mountain. By the time I got there the moment was gone, but it was still picturesque as you can see above.

Sometimes it's nice not to have a camera at my side, because I can't get anywhere fast with one. I always want to capture those moments I see and share them. Often it's better to enjoy what's there for a moment and gone the next, rather than missing the joy of the moment because I was caught up trying to preserve what was always meant to be transitory.

And just for fun here's a picture that I've posted before, but with a couple of filters added to it.

Over Too Soon

In a couple of days I'll be back in class with a busy schedule to manage.  I don't know how I'll do it. Honestly, I don't know how I'll do it; sleeping in has been so nice.  At least while the holidays were here I made some nice memories with family and friends.  I'd like to share one that I have photographic evidence of:

My brothers and I took advantage of the snowstorms and the necessity of shoveling to build a mountain in the backyard.  It wasn't the first time we'd made the attempt to build a mountain, so we tried a new system based on past experience to more efficiently build this mountain.  The task required a couple of shovels, a wheelbarrow, and hours of physical labor but in the end we had a mountain bigger than any mountain from previous years.  Our new stacking and packing techniques worked pretty well it appears.

If it keeps snowing and my brothers keep at it by Febuary the mountain could be as tall as the house.  I don't know why stacking snow can be such a satisfying activity, but one thing I do know is that it makes shoveling less of a chore.