A very nice woman and her husband came to the Battenkill Bookstore and introduced themselves. She is a long-time follower of the blog and she said many nice things to me, including her feeling that my photography always seemed to be improving. This was a wonderful thing to hear, and it filled with pride and gratitude. My photography is so important to me, it has released something so powerful in me. This afternoon, we walked on a hill near our farm and we saw the late afternoon sun setting on a neighboring farm. The camera picked up the green that is starting to come up, and the yellow of the sun, and the sense of the old farm  and barns sitting in the light, as it has for many years now. Life is a gift.