http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback fine art nature photography Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:07:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/snow-trees/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/snow-trees/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:30:58 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=1215 I like these together as a triptych.  This was early morning  as seen from Tunnel View looking over Yosemite Valley.  When I saw this, I was reminded of John Muir’s writing: “These blessed mountains are so compactly filled with beauty, no petty personal hope or experience has room to be . . . . the [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/snow-trees/feed/ 2 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/winter-in-yosemite-192/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/winter-in-yosemite-192/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:30:17 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=1050 I really like the trees against the white sky.  That all-encompasing white changes the world so.  It’s odd to know the big rock walls of the valley are out there, but not be able to really see them.]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/winter-in-yosemite-192/feed/ 0 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/white-sky-at-dawn/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/white-sky-at-dawn/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:10:19 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=998 When I awoke in the pre-dawn hours ready to go see the sunrise, I peered into the darkness from the balcony of my room at Yosemite Lodge.  It was obvious that the snow storm was still in full force and likely to be around for the whole day.  So I took a blanket out to [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/white-sky-at-dawn/feed/ 0 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/yosemite-before-dawn/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/yosemite-before-dawn/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:54:15 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=974 I woke up Tuesday morning knowing there would be no sign of Horsetail Falls on this day.  I barely made it out of LA because of road closures, and then drove through massive snow to get into Yosemite.  I was determined to get there. I woke up to a sea if whiteness, and it snowed [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/yosemite-before-dawn/feed/ 0 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/heart-of-the-mountain/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/heart-of-the-mountain/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:45:28 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=907 “Love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath, Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone, Yet many a man is making friends with death, From lack of love alone.” –Edna St. Vincent Millay I was blown away when I saw this heart on El Capitan last February when I was there.  I thought [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/heart-of-the-mountain/feed/ 1 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/continuous-green/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/continuous-green/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:40:47 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=836 Ok, I know it’s still (some version of) winter here in the US, but I felt like sharing a little green on this winter’s day.  This photo is from Yosemite Valley last May. I seem to be in quoting mode this week.  Here’s a poem for you. “First, forget what time it is for an [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/continuous-green/feed/ 0 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/yucca-78/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/yucca-78/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:00:24 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=496 I noticed this yucca plant on a morning walk in Eaton Canyon a few days ago.  I am so impressed by the yucca plant – they always fascinate me.  A force of sheer determination that grows out of dust and rocks that turns out to be a strong and beautiful plant – it knows when [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/yucca-78/feed/ 0 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/crescent-moon-new-years-eve/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/crescent-moon-new-years-eve/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:55:10 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=328 I wasn’t planning to post anymore holiday images, but when I saw this alignment of the the crescent moon, Venus,  and a Christmas tree on top of Madonna Mountain last night on my way to visit family in Cayucos, I had to stop. Happy New Year Everyone.  Wishing you all of the best in the [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2009/crescent-moon-new-years-eve/feed/ 1 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2008/laura-belle-durham/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2008/laura-belle-durham/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:45:28 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=247 Even though I’m not in TN, my family sent presents (how great is that?).  My favorite thing is a little book my Dad made about my grandmother (Thanks Dad).  Dad has been going through some of her old photos and found some things she had hand written on little scraps of paper.  On one of [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2008/laura-belle-durham/feed/ 5 http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2008/tennessee-christmas/ http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2008/tennessee-christmas/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:00:39 +0000 Jennifer http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/?p=233 I saw this cabin on a hill last year when I was in Tennessee.  This is only the second year in my entire life that I have not been back to Tennessee for Christmas. This is a kinda sappy song, but sometimes sappy is good imo.  Tennessee Christmas, by Amy Grant (hey – she made [...]]]> http://jenniferdurham.com/lightcomingback/2008/tennessee-christmas/feed/ 3