Gratitude - Lake Ellen

"Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting." - Regina Sara Ryan

I was reminded of Ryan's quote in reviewing my photos of Lake Ellen in northeastern Washington. It's impossible to place oneself in that picture and not feel grateful, impossible to stand on that shore and not be fully there.

I'm a beginning photographer and beginning collector of images that cause me to be fully present.