Esquimalt Lagoon, Hatley Castle, Colwood, British Columbia
When I took this photo in December of 2006, our decision to leave BC was official. I walked through the paths towards Hatley Castle and then veered down towards the lagoon. How many times did I walk that path? At the end of the pier there was a heron hanging out looking at the same odd sky with wan yellow light breaking through the fog and darkness. I knew this moment was important when I took the photograph.
I am doing what I can to secure these moments of my life. The beautiful moments that I long for. When I still connected with the natural world around me. I had reached a pinnacle back then. Today I feel like I am still starting from scratch.
I have been gone three and a half years but a part of me is still here. It is hard to live broken in half but I am trying.
I think of the future, the adventures that I hope are waiting for me, hoping they are as special as this one.
4 comments:
Great photo, great spot. I have a few photos of that view also. It must be a favorite heron spot, I've seen them there too!
A very atmospheric photo.
Thanks Angie! Yes, the herons do love it there, don't they? Thanks Debra, I thought so too. Had to share.
This is a beautiful photo, Suzie. The grey is so striking, but in a powerful way - not dreary at all, like I normally think of grey. I clicked on it to enlarge it and looked at it for several moments before I realized that there was another color in the photo - the green of the grass. Wild! It's like a message there.
I know what you mean when you talk about the feeling of trying to get back to a place you were before - a place of connection with nature. I've been in the same physical location all along, but, due to the stresses and traumas along the way, I feel like I lost a part of myself somewhere along the way and have been trying to get her back ever since. Have you ever read Soul Retrieval by Sandra Ingerman? I highly recommend it.
Anyway, know this...there are DEFINITELY many wonderful adventures still waiting for you. And me. And all of us who feel this way. I wish for you to find your way to them! xo
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