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Hazard-free Adventure

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Do you enjoy a good adventure–but your body objects?

When the body refuses to perform the hiking, climbing, canoeing, or fishing your mind desires — read a book.

Find a comfy chair or lounger. Set a favorite beverage within reach. And settle in with a book.

Adventures come in a wide variety. The clean & wholesome romance, Morning Tryst, follows a photographer as she works in Missouri State Parks. Meet Serena and Zack — a couple figuring out the next life chapter. Will it be together?

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Every Good Sunrise…

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deserves a proper Sunset.

Serena Carter, the fictional photographer in Morning Tryst, ranks sunrise as her favorite event of the day to capture. However, she does not neglect the corresponding sunset. In her private collection, as well as the images published in magazines and other media, the final portion of the day is well represented.

Louisiana sunset.

Look to the West at the close of the day to behold the fading light. Can you hear the whispered promise? Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. Go in peace. Find comfort in the moon during the night. The sun with rise again with glory in the morning.

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The Greening

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During 2021 I tried keeping an informal record of the most prominent tree visible from my front door.

The assignment, carried out with a passing grade, was to photograph the tree from approximately the same position on the first day of each month. (Due to the age of my brain — some photos were taken on the second, or third, or…you get the idea.)

May happened to be a month when I was prompt.

Spring was making an appearance in St. Louis during May. From an April photo of mostly bare twigs, we’re progressed to light green, small, and delicate leaves. At the moment, it does not provide much shade for the car parked nearby. But that’s okay — even the afternoon sun is not strong enough to be a bother. However, the leaves at this stage give hope that the alternating cool and warm days of spring will yield to full summer by the time schools dismiss and swimming pools open.

Did the photographer stand in the middle of the street to take this?

Yes, she did. However, she did follow the wise advice to check traffic first and was ready to dash to the side if necessary.

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Smile!

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Smile! Look at the camera! Say cheese!

Okay — the actual word you ask your model (or child) to say does not matter very much. I have heard that it gives the best expression to have an “S” near the end of the word. (Hmmmm…the photographer for our high school year book was eager to prompt the girls with the word “boys”.)

Photographs, and a great many other things, have gotten more casual during my lifetime. Gone are the days when my mother (the photographer of the family) asked us to squint into the sun and smile at the same time. Now we hold up a digital camera or phone and can check for results before we’re gone from the picnic, visit to relatives, or zoo. (Granted, animals continue the habit of turning away at critical times.)

Has a smile ever made you nervous? Raised all your internal caution flags?

Do you trust this model’s smile?

I was glad for the clear barrier between us.