I took these photos back at the beginning of the month; I can never resist the soft hues of early spring, especially when the light is low and delicate. I wasn’t really sure I was going to post them, or what I was going to do with them. I just took them for me really. But yesterday I got the best news from a friend. He and his wife have been among my very biggest cheerleaders along this journey I’ve been on (especially when I’m photographing the woods and wilderness), and getting to share in their glee has had me smiling all day long. I feel like it sounds sort of silly, but there’s something about being able to delight in other peoples’ joy that makes it all the more enjoyable, more-so even than if it were my own. It’s the same sort of euphoria I get when I’m in the woods making images like these; the feeling that, even if for just a moment, all is ok.