Reflected sky at a highway rest stop
Somewhere in Eastern Ontario, December 2006
My father-in-law's name is Irving. So when we come across an Irving gas station, we always make an event out of it. This time out, we stopped at a truck stop near the highway to give the kids - and ourselves - a bit of a break on a monotonous drive. Cabin fever definitely sets in when you've been in the car since long before sunrise.
As we were finishing up, I wandered over to one of the huge diesel pumps for 18-wheeler trucks and noticed the horizontal patterns in the immediately adjacent wet concrete roadway. In the most gritty, industrialized place imaginable, I found a tiny slice of a bucolic sky. Imagine that.
Your turn: Have you found inspiration in a decidedly non-inspiring place?
Yes...funny you should ask...check out my blog Carmi. I just wrote about this last night! :) Have a good one!
ReplyDeleteA simple image that reminds us we can find beauty anywhere if we look hard enough for it. Thanks Carmi. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI probably have, but I can't remember it. I am glad you find inspiration in otherwise uninspiring places, Carmi. You make us all think!
ReplyDeletewhat a good catch Carmi...you never fail to amaze me with your photos.
ReplyDeleteI will stop and look next time for something inspiring like this.
That's gorgeous. If you frame anything right, there is beauty or disorder.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great texture-contrast show! (I love puddle reflections)
ReplyDeleteSimple beauty is everywhere- I usually only get a mind pic of it tho-
Oh...this is SO cool.
ReplyDeleteI've been really lucky. Met a lot of people face to face from online. Even went to Brooklyn and met a group for the first time after talking online for years, it was a surprise for his 30th birthday.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you too! :)
you take wonderful photos