Sunshine and Shadow Storm

The last week has been a torment, a whirlwind of emotions my mood dark and my heart blue. I have been very fortunate this week that my my few close friends have been very supportive, and for that I cannot thank them enough, they are very special to me and I hold them in the highest regard.

I have never been motivated by money, unlike so many people it has never been my God. I will never be rich in fiscal terms but in those people who I hold true I am rich beyond imagination, they have laughed with me, cried with me and love me unconditionally for who I am. I will never be famous, in fact I am pretty anonymous, in our little village I was always my grandfather's grandson, "you know Billy McKee's Grandson" or "his mum is one of the McKee Twins" now I have transcended the generations to be "the twins dad" and I kind of like that!!!

I walked by the river today as the twins skated, it was warm and the fishermen to my back laughed and joked with one another the colloquial smattering of swearing good hearted among them. I walked along the quay to be by myself, to reflect how my world had changed in the last 7 days, the new beginning of my post grad adventure, the anticipation or maybe trepidation juxtaposed with the loss of Kevin. That particular scar will take a long to to heal , the pain will subside and the good memories will remain. I never got to shoot his portrait and in a way I am glad as I wouldn't want to remember him as he was these last few weeks but I know he would have let me take the portraits for that is the kind of man he was.

Today I looked East up the river, in the very distant fringe of the shot you can just about see Dumbarton rock. The shot is nothing special, just a view of our river but the sky, oh that sky, the blue of the early morning being chased by the foreboding blackness of the storm cloud sweeping up the river.

I liked the river today, calm and quiet, I liked the simplicity of the shot, but I loved the contrast of the sky and the shadows and reflections she cast upon our river and I hope those of you kind enough to stop by like it too!