Walking. 5 years, and counting.

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4:30 a.m. yesterday morning.
Forecast called for 90% to 100% cloud cover, and light rain. Again, damn it. Rinse & Repeat.
I stare at the app, irritated.
I pay $50 / year for this smartphone app, and it’s consistently wrong.
Yet, I pay.
And I believe.
And I walk.
Oh, Lord. Let it be wrong again today.
And light rain it did; Rain enough to keep the pesky humans at home.
But it let up.
And there I am. Alone. Standing on the break wall, with the fog lifting.
I snap the shot. I stare at the LCD screen, and I don’t see what I see in front of me.
The HuMan tool can’t capture it.
Beautiful can’t describe it. Ethereal.

Painter Giorgio Morandi: “One can travel this world and see nothing. To achieve understanding it’s necessary not to see many things, but to look hard at what you do see...Nothing, or almost nothing in this world is truly new, what’s important is the new, different perspective an artist chooses to look at the world.”

It’s been 1,828 consecutive (almost) days on this Cove Island Park walk. Like in a row.

Yes, it’s the same Cove Island Park track. May 5th makes it the 5 year anniversary of this walk.

And, the Magic Show goes on.

Notes: See other photos from Wednesday morning’s walk here.

28 thoughts on “Walking. 5 years, and counting.”

  1. Incredible. 5 years?! What a moment for you. And Mother Nature delivered your favorite weather. Clouds & Fog. As always… just an astonishing capture.

  2. Weather prognosticators deserve a window to the outdoors in their offices. That might improve their odds. What other professional raises the bar so high? Seriously, the universe offered up a diffuse light that leads us to believe in some higher calling. Ethereal, beckoning and hypnotic – just bionic

  5. HAPPY 5th Sir David!
    (I believe you should be a Knight, given this amazing 5 year accomplishment among so many others… Not the least of which is your gift to the world through your photography!)

    I found the following on the website royal.uk:

    “While in past centuries knighthoods used to be awarded solely for military merit, today they also recognise significant contributions to national life. Recipients range from actors to scientists, and from school head teachers to industrialists.”

    5 years…AMAZING!!! 👍

  6. Re weather: “Again, damn it. Rinse & Repeat.” Same up here in the great white north of Vermont. Special emphasis on the word “rinse”!

    Admittedly, weather forecasting up here is tricky: The Green Mountains of Vermont are to my east. Not far away and to my west are the Adirondack mountains of New York. In between is Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain is LARGE! 112 miles long, and 12 miles wide at its widest point.

    The professionals who forecast the weather here have their hands full… Overflowing in fact.

    Today’s forecast: cloudy with a small chance of rain. The two days following: large rain event with possible flooding from rivers overflowing their banks. (It’s a good thing that I have a strong will to survive 🙂 )

  10. the only thing that could make that photo better is if ET’s flying bike appeared in the upper left corner. (no, seriously, it’s perfect as is) … <3

  11. Your achievement has been, enjoyed by many…including me…your dedication, a personal victory and your photos and words, a triumph!!! Thank you 🙂

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