Jar in Window

Getting started can be so painful. On this beautiful April Saturday morning, I had a meeting in Annapolis that was over by 9:30am. I had brought my camera with me, thinking that I'd walk around town and take some photos.

But after the meeting, I was really tired, and the idea of going back home and taking a nap really was really appealing. As I walked back to my car, I thought I'd just take a quick drive down to City Dock and see what was up - the tell the truth, I wasn't very excited about it.

But as I drove the 1/2-mile or so, I passed by a nicely-painted old house with some beautiful tulips on the porch. "A picture!..." I yelled to myself, and started looking for a parking spot. This is no small feat in the old part of Annapolis, but I finally found one a few blocks away, on a beautiful little street that dead-ends at Spa Creek.

Things were looking up, and I started looking, seeing, and shooting. I forgot all about taking that nap. I worked my way back to those tulips (which turned out to be silk!... but still rather good-looking.)

Walking down Conduit Street towards Main Street, I did a double-take when I saw this beautiful Chinese jar behind a sad-looking window frame. Not 100% abstact... let's call it a "semi-abstract."

All in all, I shot about 160 exposures and brought home six really nice images this morning. Wow, that's a lot more than I have any reason to expect on most of my Saturday morning forays. I guess it makes up for the last time, two weeks ago, when I came back with exactly zero usable images.

Getting started can be so painful, but if I just remember to take one step at a time and "do the next right thing," it will all eventually turn out OK.

Best wishes to all,

SteveR