The Sun Sets on 2009

It is Christmas night and I am at work on a very quiet evening. Not many airplanes flying tonight that need my help, so thought I would take some time and reflect on the past year. For me it was a year of much photography in different places of the world, from the Falkland Islands in January, Arizona in May, Namibia in September and Hawaii in December with my family. I have met many new friends and acquaintances along the way and experienced new situations and hopefully learned a lot, if not about life, then at least about myself. Even though people come and go from our lives, once there they all leave a little of themselves for which I am grateful.

For me, one of the joys of the past year has been watching my grandson continue to grow in life as a now 3 year old, who sometimes displays the intelligence and wisdom of someone much older. The fact that I get to see him many times a week only adds to the significance of the experience for me.

So as I reflect on the past year, I give thanks for the wonderful people the universe has brought into my life, the exciting adventures I have seen through my camera lens, and most of all my family and the part we play in each others' lives.

What's up for 2010, I sometimes wonder. Well I will look through my camera lens in Venice in February, Arizona in April, Utah in May, probably Eastern Europe in September and back to Hawaii in December for Christmas and New Year.

I hope you have created an exciting 2009 for yourself, and will make 2010 everything you want it to be.

Live well and prosper.
Dennis