Where has the time gone?

Well. What do I say first? How I forgot about my website over the summer? How it took Facebook and Instagram going down to reminding me that I had this page and need to secure a safer and more consistent place to share my images? How much has changed over the last year - COVID, my job, family, the farm… Nothing…. nothing is the same.

Except my passion and fire for capturing the love and life in this world.

It has been one of my saving graces - the blessings - in my life. Something I can control. Something I can improve upon. Something that no matter what - nobody can take away from me.

Ever.

I have hundreds of photos from the summer to share. And I have a handful of ideas that I want to work on. Except I haven’t been able to work on ANY of my past ideas because life has just been insanely busy. Working an extra day a week, farming more, kids, pets, gardens, etc. My brain works a hundred miles a minute and I have one thousandth of the time to actually do any of the things. Add in COVID and the mental health strain from it and major life changes…. you can see why I spent more time admiring the sun rise and the bees and the beads of dew on spider webs.

One thing I am sure of - THIS - this is where I belong. THIS …. this is worth the time. THIS! THIS is where my heart and soul battle my anxiety and stress. Even if I can’t seem to find the time to take extra courses. Or do the photo trips I want. Or spend weekends doing photo shoots with the beautiful humans in my life.

Thankfully - this is where I really feel like myself.

I just have to keep reminding myself that I have time. I don’t need to do it all now. I’m not missing out.