The Year of Illumination

Happy 2011! My day today started off with an early awakening and then some knuckle-cracking, get-back-into-the-swing-of-things internal pep talk. It was a great holiday, full of local adventures, to-do lists, and unfortunate Michigan clouds. Despite of, or perhaps because of, the gray gloom, I was particularly pleased and surprised by a late afternoon ray of sun that brightened a patch of wall on new year's day. It was a lovely, fleeting moment that lit up an arrangement of branches and peacock feathers with an iridescent glow. I'm not usually home to see this time of day so it was a fruitful moment to capture. What a nice little welcome to 2011. May it be a year full of illumination for all! - l.o.d.