Joyful.....................

O Come, All Ye Faithful......................

 

Happy First Day of Winter.................

 

Nine hours, twenty-two minutes, and twenty-six seconds of sunlight today.  For what it is worth, on New Year's Eve we will have nine hours, twenty-five minutes, forty-six seconds of sunlight.  Sunlight chart here.

content with silence...................

 

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

-Ansel Adams

speaking in silence.................

 

No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.

-Ansel Adams

Good answer....................

 

I would never apologize for photographing rocks. Rocks can be very beautiful. But, yes, people have asked why I don’t put people into my pictures of the natural scene. I respond, “There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” That usually doesn’t go over at all.

-Ansel Adams