Red Barn in Solitude

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Red Barn ©2007 Bo Mackison

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them…. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say. ~ Thomas Merton

Photographed in central Door County, Wisconsin on October 6, 2007 on a rainy weekend.

 

Early Morning Fog

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Early Morning Fog ©2007 Bo Mackison

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. ~ Henri Matisse

I was driving too fast on the Door County country roads to reach Lake Michigan which often affords lovely sunrises but inland fog was slowing my efforts. I finally slowed the car enough to look out and appreciate the opportunity for a different type of picture altogether. This landscape is quite appropriate for an October morn.