I Won't Look Back...

I'm sorry to say that I don't really know what's going on in the rest of the country as far as the weather. I'm pretty sure that it's hot  though, wherever you are. (Although, I think that I did read that Seattle has actually been below normal temperatures lately.) But to be honest, I've quit watching the weather. It has literally been the same broken record for weeks now. Have I mentioned that it's hot? I have friends around the country so I like to see what's going on in their part of the world but I can't bring myself to even turn it on these days.
To make matters worse, as a lot of you might remember, I started a new job back in November so I no longer have the luxury of a summertime vacation unless I let it build for a year and a half and to be honest I hope to be relying more on photography for an income than a 9-5 (or in my case, a 7-3:30) as soon as possible. My bones are starting to feel the effects of crawling, squatting and kneeling on concrete and steel for over thirteen years.
 I've always said that if there's anything that I truly feel that God has spoken to me about, it's photography and just as soon as I know what direction I need to take it I'll take that road and I won't look back...

Driven...

I can't believe that it's been over a month since my last post! To be honest I think that it was getting a little too much like work and although I know that if I was working for a magazine full time (that would be sweet, wouldn't it?) I would have to be on time all the time. But I don't and a brief respite was definitely in order.
 I think that for now I'll just post when I feel the urge to and not put that whole Wednesday, Sunday post thing back into play- for now at least. I really, really like doing this and for it to start making me feel rushed and pressed to come up with something just kind of takes the pleasure out of it.
I see that this post looks a lot like the two or three before it so I'd say that some good stories or some sort of deep thoughts are in order at least every now and then. (I won't be pressed...) so I'll see what I can do about that.
 I guess that I'll leave it with this photo of this awesome little beetle, possibly a relative of the ladybug. I watched it for quite some time as it wove it's way in and around the stems and leaves of this plant. Now that was a driven individual...