Waiting on a Sunny Day

I’ve been fighting a flu here at year’s end. So this last post of 2023 is a quickie.

2023 was a, ‘challenging’ year (to put it mildly). And the sallow, grey, late fall and winter light has been draining.

I took this photo at a local fair, July 3, 2010.

I chose this image, not because it is exceptional. (In fact I’ve done little in the way of serious post-processing, so it is rather rough around the edges.)

I opted to feature this photo now, because for all of its limitations, the image does capture some of the light of summer. One can hear the carnival sounds, smell the concession stand foods, see the great wheels turn – just from a still image.

This photo then is a reminder of sunny days past and the whispered promise of sunny days to come.

It’s raining, but there ain’t a cloud in the sky
Must have been a tear from your eye
Everything will be okay
Yeah, funny, I thought I felt a sweet summer breeze
Must have been you sighing so deep
Don’t worry, we’re gonna find a way

~ Waitin’ on a Sunny Day,
Bruce Springsteen