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Friday, January 20, 2006
what the doctor ordered
You know what I'd forgotten about myself? That for all my gregarious blabbermouth tendencies, I'm actually an introvert, if you define an introvert as someone who finds refreshment in solitude -- and solitude has been in short supply lately around here, since staying up late can't count because of all the darned guilt.
Today, though, I drove to Yosemite, thanks to dpchallenge.com (I am totally dpchallenge's slave). I went by myself, because Jenn couldn't come up after all, and T had the day off and never sets foot in Yosemite unless he has to (and he frequently does have to, since he, er, works there), and why torture the kids with one of Mom's photography trips if it's not absolutely necessary, right? And it was perfect. The park's quiet this time of year, and largely empty, and there was snow, and solitude, and silence, and I didn't have to worry about pestering any companions with my frequent shutter-junkie fixes. I took about two hundred and twenty pictures (lots of bracketing; I think I kept about forty of them, maybe fifty). I hiked about two and a half miles; I stopped to take pictures whenever I wanted to, and I took as long as I wanted to before moving on. I set up my tripod and I tried different lenses and I bracketed and I stood and just stared, and thought, and smiled. And I listened to The Four Seasons, and "Winter" was just starting as I crossed the Pohono Bridge coming into a frosty, snowy valley, and I got an Anne-Shirley-ish 'queer ache' and I almost cried.
I feel so much better. Now if only those elves would show up and do all that laundry for me....
Comments
Ugh, you've just stabbed me in the heart. Oh, that sounds so nice. I am deeply, terribly wounded that I couldn't be there with you. I'm really glad you had such a good time.
Posted by: jenn at January 21, 2006 12:23 AM
Oh, yay! I'm so happy for you. I'm thinking I need something like that some time soon.
Posted by: Kat with a K at January 21, 2006 03:20 PM
Well, yay! I'm so glad you had such a nice time. Looking forward to your photos from this hike!
Posted by: mary at January 22, 2006 11:30 AM
