Heights

20080721-JWN0540 (1), originally uploaded by neepeople.

I’ve recently realized that the older I get, the less I like heights. In this photo I was standing on top of the bicycle/pedestrian bridge connecting Assateague Island and the mainland. I’d say it was about three stories up, and I was freakin’ nervous! It probably didn’t help that the marsh below was only two feet deep, hence an unlikely fall would prove problematic, to say the least.

I inched over to the side, plastered myself against the guard rail, wrapped my arm around top —to steady the camera, of course— and snapped the shot. As I leapt (literally) back toward the center of the bridge I was amused at the unreasonable fear I didn’t know I had. Suffice it say, I stayed as close to the center of the bridge as possible from then on, where my view of how high I actually was would be obscured.

All in all, however, I liked the breeze and the view. It felt freeing to be up high… as long as I had 7+ feet of concrete and steel on either side of me.

Sand Dune at Sunset

20080721-JWN0598-HDR, originally uploaded by neepeople.

This photo is processed for HDR, and I think it came out quite well! It’s almost surreal. I just might have this printed and mounted… once I get a few extra dollars that is.

The Night Draws Nigh

20080720-JWN0358, originally uploaded by neepeople.

Sitting on sand dune, watching the surf, feeling the cool breeze off the ocean, relaxing. A great way to spend the last hour of day! This older couple seems to agree. I’ll have to try it myself one of these days, at least the relaxing part.

I’m beginning to wonder if a parent can ever really relax. Definitely not with young children around, but even when they aren’t around one cannot relax because he is worrying about where they are, what they’re doing, who they’re doing it with, etc. … I was able to relax when my oldest was at Antiochian Village for two weeks; not a worry in the world in relation to him. But that was a first in thirteen years of being a parent!