Winter's Blues

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. -Eckhart Tolle

The winter blues..... are hard. It doesn't help when you are fighting your second bout of a cold with the fear of crappy lungs hanging over you.

In photography, seasons have a hue, it's referenced as white balance. Summer is warm, winter cold, in even has a temp. When you shoot winter scenes you can change the hue or color by adjusting the color balance.

Here is a pic with the white balance is adjusted to take away the hue of winter and bring out the sunrise. You can, with the right software, change any mood of any landscape.

Some would say that anti depressants give the same effect for those who suffer from the winter blues. Others swear by light therapy. Shining a sun light on your face for a few hours. It works but its boring.

I haven't always had the winter blues. I think aging and being stuck in an office isn't helping but my solution usually is to just know that it's my reality and do what I can to get out and see the sun.

Depression is real. It does hurt but above all else it is managable. So here's to the 31st of January and just the realization that there is only 1 more month of the grey days and then, S-P-R-I-N-G!!!!

The Highwood pass opens again, the Spray Lakes are accessible and everything begins again.

Can't Wait!!!