10.20.2009

outside my windshield

some days i feel like i am always in the car

driving here or there

following the same route

over and over again


country roads are hypnotic

most of the time i am driving on auto pilot

aware only enough to notice the squirrel darting out in front of me

or the beginning notes of a favorite song on the radio


main roads surround our country ones

and daily i find myself driving on them too


welcome to suburbia




while driving yesterday i realized that along my usual routes

are points of interest

places i always find myself looking

seeking out the beauty in the mundane

the break in the routine



some of the images aren't necessarily pretty

like this refrigerator in the middle of a yard

this is where i get my eggs

when my mom chicken's aren't producing as much

but i do love driving into this yard

i have no idea who lives here

i just leave money in a can and drive away




or this overpass

its a very dangerous curve

and everytime i go under it

i wonder who wisely wrote SLOW!

and how did they do it?


i look forward to these quick images
the ones i see through my windshield
its comforting to know they are there
waiting to greet me as i pass

2 comments:

  1. Gorgeous images, and gorgeous words to match

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  2. so good to slow our minds and really notice what is around us. so good to be present in the "now"

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