Thoughts on the run - 5

Death is all around us. We are born and will die. We don't like to think about it but it will come when least expected.



So you can dwell on the morbid side or dwell on the positive side. Find signs of life around you. Find glorious color around you!

Celebrate the time you do have!


Celebrating the legacy of Nick Alfieri, Franklin Conservation Agent

What if there was no blue?

Blue spruce? Why not?

That is certainly what it looks like. Light blue against the darker green makes for a nice contrast.




This bring to mind an interesting tidbit from the recent show on "Colors" from the RadioLab Podcast: Homer didn't know 'blue'.

Yes, Homer. The one who wrote the Illiad and The Odyssey. Used thousands of words to write both works but did not use the word 'blue'. And he is not the only one who didn't. Was he colorblind? No, it was more likely that while the rainbow spectrum of colors hasn't really changed, our explanation of the colors has. At some point in time, we did not know 'blue' as 'blue'. Then someone gave it a name - 'blue' and from then on we know and talk about 'blue'.

When I coached high school track athletes to be high jumpers, visualization was a key concept. If they could not see themselves jumping over the bar, they couldn't do it. If they could imagine it, what it would feel like to fly and fall on the other side, watching the bar... they could do it.

So we know now that the imagination is critical. If you can't think of it, it won't happen. It is also critical to have a word for it. If you can't talk about it, no one will know.

Before the word for 'blue' what was it?

Before the word for your future accomplishment, what is it?

morning sunshine

In the morning sunshine, there are many shades of green




Walk around today, take a moment or two to see how many shades of green you can find.

Do they all have a name?

Red bush shedding

It is a good thing I took this picture when I did.



Going by the bush yesterday, the red leaves lie in a ring around the ground below the bush.

Life can be fleeting. Make your moments count.

Start today

Front door - wreath (updated)

Front door - wreath, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Hung the wreath yesterday and upon second thought realized in needed a little more color.

Before discarding the wreaths each year, I remove the ornamental pieces (berries, pine cones, etc.) I went into the archive to find a few appropriate pieces of color to add.

Dolores gave me a "double thumbs up"! I guess I did pretty well.

Rainbow challege

I find Amy Palko's rainbow challenge a good thing to do to reinforce looking for things. Once I find them, I try to capture their essence from a respectful point of view. I took a good bike ride today and spent about two hours riding around Franklin, stopping here and there for a photo.

One realization, not new, just reinforced, today is that some colors are more likely found together; like yellow and green, or blue and green.

Have you noticed this?

What colors do you see together?

The best of the photos has been posted to my Flickr group for the rainbow challenge. They can be found here.

I have 15 red, 9 yellow, 16 green, and 18 blue. I need to work on purple.

If you were to pick one of each which ones would you pick?

Franklin: Fall Color Collection

Franklin: Fall Color Collection, originally uploaded by shersteve.

life is not black and white

life is full of color

Enjoy!